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Immigration

Aug. 14, 2001

Welcoming Labor-Abuse Victims to U.S.

Westminster attorney Lan Quoc Nguyen first heard stories about labor abuses of Vietnamese workers at a Korean-owned garment factory in American Samoa back in 1999, when a worker fled the compound and gave an account to a local attorney.

        Westminster attorney Lan Quoc Nguyen first heard stories about labor abuses of Vietnamese workers at a Korean-owned garment factory in American Samoa back in 1999, when a worker fled the compound and gave an account to a local attorney.
        For two years, Nguyen, director of Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, or LAVAS, continued to monitor the situation, along with ...

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