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Investigation of J-1 visas finds students forced to work in strip clubs, others earning $1 an hour By HOLBROOK MOHR, MIKE BAKER, MITCH WEISS The Associated Press updated 12/6/2010 12:58:21 AM ET 2010-12-06T05:58:21 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady jobs and a chance to sightsee, some foreign college students on summer work programs in the U.S. get a far different taste of life in America. An Associated Press investigation found students forced to work in strip clubs instead of restaurants. Others take home $1 an hour or even less. Some live in apartments so crowded that they sleep in shifts because there aren't enough beds. Others have to eat on floors. They are among more than 100,000 college students who come to the U.S. each year on popular J-1 visas, which supply resorts with cheap seasonal labor as part of a program aimed at fostering cultural understanding. READ MORE: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40520265/ns/us_news-life/
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Human trafficking suspects nabbed at Clark
MANILA, Philippines – Two women suspected of being couriers for a human trafficking syndicate that sends undocumented Filipino workers to Malaysia were arrested by immigration officers at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Pampanga recently.
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UAE backs UN action plan against human trafficking
ABU DHABI — The UAE has voiced its full support for the UN Global Plan of Action to combat human trafficking.
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Human Trafficking Under-Reported in Australia, Criminologists Say
Report: Foreign migrants from Asia and Eastern Europe face abuse and sexual harassment
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Immigration bureau steps up drive vs trafficking, corruption
MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is strengthening efforts to help fight cases of human trafficking and rampant corruption in the agency.
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Human Trafficking in Virginia
Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal enterprise in the world, and it is happening in Virginia.
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Human Trafficking: Alive and Well in The Key City
Human trafficking is rampant worldwide, even right here in Abilene. Now some activists are looking to put a stop to it.
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Clinton urges tougher fight against human trafficking
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged nations and individual citizens everywhere to fight harder to curb human trafficking, a scourge she called entrenched but beatable.
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Clinton: Time to end human trafficking
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in an opinion piece in various newspapers, said Tuesday a global effort is needed to combat human trafficking.
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Human trafficking—an internal issue
When citizens of America, hear, read or talk about human trafficking acts, we think and refer to foreign countries and hardly consider looking closer to home—America.
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Human trafficking, slavery discussion aims for activism
The lucrative business of human trafficking and the explosion of modern-day slavery were topics brought to the attention of UH students at a seminar. UH’s Department of Residential Life and the Houston Rescue & Restore Coalition hosted “Human Trafficking Awareness: The Call for Student Activism” Thursday evening at Oberholtzer Hall. Featured speaker MSNBC anchor Richard [...]
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