In 1975. the people of the CNMI voted for political union with the United States. Today. the CNMI is a U.S. territory. A 1976 covenant enacted by Congress gave U.S. citizenship to CNMI residents. The covenant also exempted the Commonwealth from U.S. immigration law. This exemption led to the immigration abuses that our bill will correct. I dont represent the CNMI. but the Commonwealth is in Hawaiis backyard. I speak as a friend and neighbor when I say that conditions in the CNMI must change. The CNMI system of indentured immigrant labor is morally wrong. and violates basic democratic principles.
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