Federal charges have been filed against the owner of a Georgia-based flooring company and two associates for allegedly exploiting Chinese migrants through forced labor and coercion.
Federal charges have been filed against the owner of a Georgia-based flooring company and two associates for allegedly exploiting Chinese migrants through forced labor and coercion. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Federal prosecutors in Georgia have charged Wellmade Industries owner Zhu Chen, his nephew Jiayi Chen, and another Chinese national, Jianjun Lu, with forced labor, conspiracy to commit forced labor, and alien harboring over an alleged scheme involving Chinese migrants at the company’s Cartersville flooring factory. DETAIL: According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, the defendants allegedly recruited workers with promises of employment through B-1 and L-1 visas before forcing them to work…Open
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton released a new whistleblower video alleging more than 200 migrant children were placed at a container storage site during Xavier Becerra's tenure atop the Department of Health and Human Services, and that Becerra knew and did nothing. The three-minute video, which Hilton posted to X on July 30, features an […] The post Whistleblower footage alleges 200 migrant children sent to container storage site while Becerra led HHS appeared first on American Almanac .
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton released a new whistleblower video alleging more than 200 migrant children were placed at a container storage site during Xavier Becerra's tenure atop the Department of Health and Human Services, and that Becerra knew and did nothing. The three-minute video, which Hilton posted to X on July 30, features an anonymous female worker describing how a colleague discovered during a routine background review that more than 200 children had been sent to the same address. The colleague pulled up the location on Google Maps. It was not a house in a residential neighborhood. It was a lot full of shipping containers. The worker who found the discrepancy called an anti-trafficking hotline that staff had…Open
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton released new whistleblower footage alleging more than 200 migrant children were sent to a container storage site while Xavier Becerra led HHS, and that employees who raised alarms were fired. The three-minute video, posted Thursday on X, features an anonymous female whistleblower whose identity is concealed. She describes staff conducting […] The post Whistleblower video alleges 200 migrant children sent to container site under Becerra's watch appeared first on American Almanac .
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton released new whistleblower footage alleging more than 200 migrant children were sent to a container storage site while Xavier Becerra led HHS, and that employees who raised alarms were fired. The three-minute video, posted Thursday on X, features an anonymous female whistleblower whose identity is concealed. She describes staff conducting background reviews on sponsors of unaccompanied migrant children and discovering that more than 200 kids had been placed at the same address, a location she says turned out to be a lot filled with shipping containers, not a residential neighborhood. When employees flagged the pattern, according to the whistleblower, they were terminated. The New York Post…Open
According to the indictment, Murshid and Nasir submitted false and fraudulent visa applications for foreign nationals to illegally enter the U.S. They also placed classified advertisements in news publications for non-existent jobs.
Mexican citizens exploiting a U.S. federal agricultural visa program have been indicted for operating forced labor operations in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, as the Trump administration continues to crack down on visa fraud.