Immigration Law

The threats and remedies of human trafficking – The Nation
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The threats and remedies of human trafficking – The Nation

Human trafficking includes unjust practices including recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving persons through the use of force, coercion, deception, or other means for the purpose of exploiting them. This exploitation can take many forms, be it sexual exploitation, forced labor, domestic servitude, forced marriage or even extreme measures like organ removal. This crime is…

‘A lot of abuse for little pay’: how US farming profits from exploitation and brutality
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‘A lot of abuse for little pay’: how US farming profits from exploitation and brutality

Two dozen conspirators forced workers to pay fees for travel and housing while forcing them to work for little to no pay. In June, a farm worker from Mexico, who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, was transported through a trafficking network from Monterey to work on farms in Georgia. They paid the…

Unfair competition under the USMCA: The case of migrant workers on US farms – Brookings
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Unfair competition under the USMCA: The case of migrant workers on US farms – Brookings

The protection of labor rights is central to sustainable and inclusive supply chains under the USMCA— wherever the work takes place. The USMCA offers new mechanisms to address the unfair competition created by the suppression of workers’ rights, so long as the abuses occur in Mexico. Yet there are serious violations of labor standards in…

The U.S. Is Choosing Child Labor Over More Immigration
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The U.S. Is Choosing Child Labor Over More Immigration

On storefronts throughout the U.S., “Help Wanted” signs have become about as ubiquitous as the stars and stripes. Today, there are roughly two job openings for every unemployed American. This historic labor shortage is propping up inflation as desperate employers raise wages to attract scarce workers, then boost prices to compensate for higher costs. Or…

Biden's Latest Border Gambit Opens America's Doors to Evil Child Smugglers
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Biden's Latest Border Gambit Opens America's Doors to Evil Child Smugglers

Written by Tom Homan, Visiting Fellow, Border Security and Immigration Center. Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Two years ago, the Biden administration unleashed a catastrophic crisis at our southwest border. Since then, it has doubled down on the policies that sparked…

Lawsuit accusing private prisons in Arizona of slavery now before top appeals court
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Lawsuit accusing private prisons in Arizona of slavery now before top appeals court

A lawsuit from civil rights organizations accusing private prisons in Arizona of practicing slavery is now before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals amid a broad left-wing pushback against the use of private prisons and immigrant detention centers. The lawsuit, led by the NAACP, was initially filed in 2020 against the Arizona Department of Corrections,…

ERO Miami returns 2 fugitives wanted for human trafficking, sexual exploitation in Mexico
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ERO Miami returns 2 fugitives wanted for human trafficking, sexual exploitation in Mexico

MIAMI – Two Venezuelan nationals wanted by law enforcement authorities in Mexico for human trafficking and sex exploitation were turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities Dec. 28, by officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami. Arianny Paola Vega-Escalona, 24, and Yubisay Delimar Sandoval Sequera, 32, departed Miami International Airport to their destination of…

New report exposes dramatic shortfall of visas for victims of trafficking – WGBH
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New report exposes dramatic shortfall of visas for victims of trafficking – WGBH

The federal government is making it hard for labor trafficking victims to get legal immigration status that allows them to remain in the United States without fear of deportation, according to a first-of-its-kind nationwide report from Boston University. “The findings of this report show that the T-visa system that is built on a goal of…

Suspected Chinese mafia involved in human trafficking now under BI custody – Inquirer.net
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Suspected Chinese mafia involved in human trafficking now under BI custody – Inquirer.net

INQUIRER file photo / ALEXIS CORPUZ MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has taken under custody a suspected Chinese mafia member who was allegedly involved in human trafficking, the BI chief announced on Thursday. The suspect, a 38-year-old man named Andy Cheng, was arrested on Tuesday by agents of the BI’s fugitive search…