And whats more. the minimum wage will continue to rise in the CNMI until their wage is equal to that of other American territories. Today. my friend and committee colleague from the Virgin Islands has brought this legislation to the floor to fix the other longstanding problem in the CNMI. The broken local immigration program in the CNMI has allowed unscrupulous recruiters to exploit and abuse thousands of workers and their families. and it helped the CNMIs sweatshopbased economy to persist for decades. The legislation we are considering today brings the CNMI within the Federal immigration system so that we can put an end to that exploitation and abuse. The bill was drafted by the Bush administration and improved by the Natural Resources Committee. I want to congratulate Chairman RAHALL and Chairwoman DONNA CHRISTENSEN for bringing this legislation to the floor.
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