On Tuesday, five children who were forced to leave school and pick pecans testified against their employer. The children were exposed to freezing rain, received little food and were not allowed to rest. The company charged is Paragon Contractors. The company was caught using 1,400 unpaid laborers, which included 172 children, on a film taken in 2012. Paragon claims that the women and children volunteered to help pick pecans.
See "Siblings Testify in Child Labor Case With Ties to Polygamy", The New York Times, January 27, 2016