
"Modern day slavery": Foreign workers at U.S. bases face brutal hours, low pay
Abdulla thought it was the opportunity of a lifetime.
After struggling to find work in his home country of Bangladesh, he said a recruiter offered him a chance to work in a restaurant thousands of miles away in Kuwait City for the equivalent of $660 a month.
There was a catch: He would have to pay a hefty fee — about $10,250 — but he figured it was worth it. He says his mother got loans to cover the fee and he flew to Kuwait in January 2016. He was 21.
Abdulla said he arrived to broken promis