1.   Among them are hundreds of Bangladeshis who have been marooned after being cheated by labor contractors.

2.   Conditions have dramatically deteriorated for farm workers, Villarejo said, a phenomenon he blames in part on labor contractors who exploit the undocumented.

3.   Fischer said illegal labor contractors, called coyotes, smuggle undocumented workers and children into the country and then exploit them with low pay and wretched housing.

4.   Growers dodge the verification problem by hiring their field hands from farm labor contractors, say migrant worker advocates.

5.   Many of their jobs were taken when labor contractors replaced them with laid-off citrus workers willing to work for minimum wage.

6.   One practice that allows many growers to get around the laws is the increasing use of labor contractors.

7.   Stafford said many council members will do their own hiring this year to avoid using labor contractors who have provided them with illegal help.

8.   The department eventually revoked his license to work as a labor contractor, but he disregarded the order.

9.   The new rules will make it easier for farm workers to hold growers responsible when the labor contractors cheat them.

10.   The United Farm Workers had sought strict liability that would automatically make growers jointly liable for violations by their labor contractors.