Monday, April 14, 2025

Another slavery ring busted in America

When a coalition of federal and local law enforcement agents swarmed a Bartow county flooring manufacturer in the US state of Georgia late last month, some workers picked up and ran, mistakenly thinking an immigration raid was taking place.

Posted by HeliumRat at 07:56 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink

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Those sweeps yielded two arrests: Wellmade Industries' owner, Zhu Chen, and his nephew, Jiayi Chen. A third person connected to the company, Jian Jun Lu, was arrested on April 5. All three face felony charges of "trafficking of persons for labour or sexual servitude."

At bond hearings on April 7, assistant district attorney Austin Waldo said Wellmade Industries' workers had their travel documents confiscated once they arrived to the US, making it more difficult for them to leave, according to coverage from WBHF.

Employees were Chinese nationals who had been recruited through a temporary visa programme and promised high salaries. Instead, they were reportedly required to work 12-hour shifts, and they were not allowed to leave the factory or their residence.

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A company acting badly towards immigrants?

Quelle surprise.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-14 07:58 PM

This was another arrest scene that looks likes a warzone. Were these heavily-armed ICE agents expecting ISIS? fee.org

The other part of the story is that 1) Most Americans wouldn't want these toxic-related jobs; 2) those poor workers were subjected to to those toxic chemicals (like formaldehyde) 24/7 if they weren't allowed to leave the factory. Their health may have been seriously impacted.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-14 08:14 PM

I thought I would be reading about Louisiana's DOC.

#3 | Posted by mattm at 2025-04-14 09:00 PM

@#2 ... The other part of the story is that 1) Most Americans wouldn't want these toxic-related jobs; 2) those poor workers were subjected to to those toxic chemicals (like formaldehyde) 24/7 if they weren't allowed to leave the factory. Their health may have been seriously impacted. ...

As I stated in a different thread ...

drudge.com

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The undocumented immigrants come here looking for a better life.

Companies actively hire them because of two things...

1) they work for lower wages than Americans citizens are willing to work for.

2) they work for lower benefits that Americans citizens are entitled to.

For example of (1), why do companies, e.g., Iowan meat packing plants, give the jobs to undocumented immigrants instead of American citizens? Those immigrants are not taking the jobs from Americans, companies are giving the jobs to the undocumented immigrants instead of Americans.

Then there's (2)... the undocumented immigrants tend not to complain about unsafe working conditions because, well, they are undocumented and cannot start a legal battle about working conditions.
...


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-14 09:27 PM

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