U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has dramatically reduced policing of forced labor violations, as the agency focuses more resources on tariffs.
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Posted inWorking in America
Global Working Conditions Matter for American Workers
The Trump administration has cut programs that help prevent forced labor and child labor. This will suppress wages everywhere, including the U.S.
Posted inPolitics
Why Alejandro Mayorkas Wasn’t Impeached
It may have had to do with his recent announcement on stopping goods made with forced labor, which potentially swayed a Republican China hawk to vote no.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trade Group Driving Solar Controversy Includes Slave-Labor Companies
Companies working to sideline the Commerce Department investigation into Chinese trade violations are reliant on components made by Uyghur workers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Biden Administration ICE Contracts Encourage Forced Labor
A contract signed in April with the detention facility in Port Isabel, Texas, continues $1-a-day wages for those detained.