Forced Labor in America: Many Immigrant Workers Flee Abuse Only to.... / Stephanie Armour.
by Armour, Stephanie; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 60Business. Publisher: Gannett News Service (Syndicate), 2001ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Alien labor | Domestics | Forced labor | Illegal aliens -- Smuggling | Immigrants -- Crimes against | Slavery | Women slavesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Around the USA, immigrant women and children are forced to work as virtual slaves in brothels, sweatshops, farm fields and private homes. But once freed, their struggle is far from over. Newly emancipated immigrants often know no one in the United States. They have no money, no home, no friends. They typically suffer health problems from years of medical neglect, forced abortions or beatings. They're often in the country illegally and fear being jailed, deported or recaptured." (USA TODAY) This article examines what happens to immigrant workers once they are freed from abusive work situations.
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Originally Published: Forced Labor in America: Many Immigrant Workers Flee Abuse Only to..., Nov. 20, 2001; pp. 1B+.
"Around the USA, immigrant women and children are forced to work as virtual slaves in brothels, sweatshops, farm fields and private homes. But once freed, their struggle is far from over. Newly emancipated immigrants often know no one in the United States. They have no money, no home, no friends. They typically suffer health problems from years of medical neglect, forced abortions or beatings. They're often in the country illegally and fear being jailed, deported or recaptured." (USA TODAY) This article examines what happens to immigrant workers once they are freed from abusive work situations.
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