New State Department Report Fuels Push to End Slavery in America

We have slavery in the United States, not that it's usually described that way. Occasionally, a story surfaces about an undocumented immigrant worker, held against her will in appalling conditions. In one particularly high-profile case in 2007, a wealthy couple on Long Island held two Indonesian women as maids, withholding food and forcing them to sleep on mats. Many of the forced laborers who work for no pay, who are beaten and held against their will,

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