Lawmakers press DHS in letter over Chinese forced labor allegations, flag popular Labubu dolls
A toy aisle. Xinjiang cotton. Eight members asking Mullin where the list is.
Summary
- Fox News Digital reports the House Select Committee on the CCP sent DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin a bipartisan letter, four Republicans and four Democrats, with 10 questions on enforcing the 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
- Ranking member Rep. Ro Khanna said Uyghurs are forced off their faith and into unpaid or cheap labor, and that slave-made steel, aluminum, and textiles undercut U.S. mills. He wants more firms using that labor on the UFLPA Entity List.
- DHS added 43 companies in July. Khanna said the list now has 44 and credited the coming letter for movement after a quiet year. The letter says listed-company and Xinjiang goods, including silicon-carbon inputs, still reach U.S. buyers.
- The letter cites a New York Times report that cotton in popular Labubu dolls comes from forced labor. Khanna said China also routes work through Malaysia and Vietnam and that CBP must trace textiles, steel, and aluminum to the source.
Commentary
A mill hand in Ohio still feels scale on a burned palm and watches a toy aisle that should not beat Cleveland steel on a slave wage. He did not pay a union due so a vinyl doll could own the shelf.
Forty-three names in July. Ten questions. Cotton in a toy. The honest dad already paid the tariff. The aisle paid Xinjiang.
Ask every working mother who still buys a birthday toy: if the cotton can hide in a doll, who still owns the Entity List?
Comments
UFLPA 2021. Forty-three names in July. The aisle did not get the memo.
I bought American plate. Slave steel is not a bargain. Trace it back.
Eight signatures. Ten questions. 44 on the list. Labubu cotton cite. Publish the four.
Allied customs still follow the fiber. Malaysia and Vietnam are not a rinse.
Letter to Mullin. CBP Entity List. Silicon-carbon. File the 10 asks.
I still stand a mill floor. I want the doll's cotton named, not shrugged.
A birthday toy should not carry a camp. Pull the shipment.
Forced labor is a supply-chain weapon. Treat the list like a sanction, not a brochure.
Fox printed 43, 10 questions, eight members, and the Labubu cite. Argue those nouns.
Update the list. Trace the fiber. A toy aisle is not a loophole.
