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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?
What happened
Jefferson Calimlim Sr. and his wife Elnora, doctors in Milwaukee, recruited and brought the victim from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1985 when she was 19 years old. The victim was not allowed to go outside of the couple's home, communicate or socialize, and had to hide in the basement whenever non-family members were at the house. The victim was told she would be arrested and deported is she was found. The couple told the victim that her wages would be kept in an account, however she had no idea where the account was and could not access it.
Response and intervention
In May 2007, the couple was convicted of forcing a woman to work as a domestic servant and of illegally harboring her for 19 years. Each was sentenced to four years in prison. Also, the couple's son, Jefferson Calimlim Jr. was sentenced to 120 days of home confinement, three years of supervised release, and a $5,000 fine for illegal harboring of the victim. The case was initially reported to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement national call hotline in June 2004, when the victim was 38 years old. She was removed from the house by a federal search warrant.