They are led to believe they are coming to work at good lobs in "America" only to arrive in the U.S./CNMI to find the lobs are not what they believed and in many cases that the lobs never even existed Over 90 percent of all private sector lobs are held by foreign contract workers. The bill I introduce today will crack down on the enormous. mostly foreignowned garment industry that employ thousands of foreign workers to sew foreign fabric into garments bearing the "Made in USA" label which is then shipped to the U.S. mainland quota and duty free. There is nothing about the U S./CNMI garments that is made in America yet this year well over $1 billion worth of garments will flood the U.S. market. depriving the U.S Treasury of $300 million and unfairly competing with stateside garment factories that pay the U S minimum wage to workers who work in safe factories under the protections of all U S labor and immigration laws Numerous reports by journalists and the media. human nghts workers. Federal agencies. religious organizations. and the administrations of Presidents Reagan. Bush and Clinton have documented widespread human rights abuses suffered by indentured workers in the U.S./CNMI.
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