When I first learned about this issue as a concerned citizen … once you learn about this issue, you can’t unknow it. You can’t unlearn that this is an issue impacting your community.
And I said, “Actually, we already did expunge your record,” and she’s like, “Well, why is it coming up on my background? Every time I get a job offer, they run my background, and then they revoke the offer.” Most people don’t know that even if your record has been expunged, it doesn’t go away. It’s not like a magic eraser.
We spend a lot of time with our clients, helping them understand their exploitation, because oftentimes, they believe that they were choosing to do this work, and they’ll say, “Well, you know, I didn’t have to do it, I chose to,” and we’ll say, “Well, who kept all the money when you were having sex with people every night?” And they’ll say, “Well, you know, this other person kept the money.
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