Forced labor occurs when individuals are compelled to provide work or service through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. This crime happens both in the United States and overseas, and victims rarely come forward to seek help because they may be unable to escape their environment, are too vulnerable to seek assistance, potential language barriers may exist, or they do not self …

There are thousands of immigrants working in forced labor in the United States — lured into the country by false promises and then trapped or threatened by …

Agriculture is an area where forced labor happens all too often. Anti-Slavery International describes farm workers as “some of the poorest paid …

Immigration and Forced Labor: The Domination of the Migrant Worker in the United States. by Nathan Giffard | Sep 1, ... After the Great Depression, there was a mass exodus of Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans as a result of the diminished labor market in the United States. These Mexican-Americans were actually U.S. citizens

Trafficking and forced labor is not limited to U.S. military bases, either. Because of s erious defects in the structure of the guest worker program and the U.S. government's failure to regulate and adequately supervise visa schemes to prevent abuse, guest workers and migrant domestic workers inside the United States are also subjected to trafficking and forced labor.

14.2 million (68%) are victims of forced labour exploitation in economic activities, such as agriculture, construction, domestic work or manufacturing. 2.2 million (10%) are in state-imposed forms of forced labour, for example in prisons, or in work imposed by …

Penal labor in the United States is explicitly allowed by the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Unconvicted detainees awaiting trial cannot be forced to participate in …