DeLauro and Krishnamoorthi Lead Letter to Homeland Security & CBP Urging Stronger Enforcement of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8), Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, released a letter to the Department of Homeland Security regarding reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has deprioritized enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in favor of collecting President Trump's disastrous tariffs:

"UFLPA enforcement is about more than the moral imperative to fight forced labor," the members of Congress wrote. "The PRC government has a documented history of using lax environmental laws and forced labor as effective subsidies for their manufacturers. This creates an uneven playing field upon which companies that adhere to the international rules-based order are at a disadvantage. The UFLPA is also about leveling the playing field for U.S. manufacturers. Relaxing enforcement of the law poses a direct risk to U.S. industry and workers competing in the global economy."

The text of the letter is available here.

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