<![CDATA[DeLay and Abramoff OUT, Human Dignity for the Marianas IN]]>

1.0 link 22471 <![CDATA[DeLay and Abramoff OUT, Human Dignity for the Marianas IN]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-george-miller/delay-and-abramoff-out-hu_b_22471.html In the Pacific Ocean, about three quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, lies the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The islands are a territory of the United States, but U.S. labor laws don't apply to them. The result is that the islands are a haven for human traffickers and employers who exploit their workers, mostly poor women. Immigration laws don't apply to the islands either, turning them into a serious loophole in U.S. national security.

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