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Shyima Hall, 19, was 10 when she was trafficked to a wealthy couple as a maid.
Posted on 12/28/2008 3:28:43 PM PST by Lorianne
EDITOR'S NOTE — In Africa, children of the poor are commodities, often traded like cows or donkeys by adults who value their labor. This story on child maids is the third in an occasional series on the exploitation of African children. Each story stands on its own.
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door.
They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open faucet. She wasn't much taller than the counter and the soapy water swallowed her slender arms. To put the dishes away, she climbed on a chair.
But she was not the daughter of the couple next door doing chores. She was their maid.
Shyima was 10 when a wealthy Egyptian couple brought her from a poor village in northern Egypt to work in their California home. She awoke before dawn and often worked past midnight to iron their clothes, mop the marble floors and dust the family's crystal. She earned $45 a month working up to 20 hours a day. She had no breaks during the day and no days off.
The trafficking of children for domestic labor in the U.S. is an extension of an illegal but common practice in Africa. Families in remote villages send their daughters to work in cities for extra money and the opportunity to escape a dead-end life. Some girls work for free on the understanding that they will at least be better fed in the home of their employer.
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I need to take lessons from these Muzzies so my kids will work that hard!
You won’t be alone.
Deport them and permanently revoke their visas.
I think they can be deported even if they've naturalized. Depending on exact circumstances.
Oh yes. Irvine’s LOADED with all sorts of ....... folk.
“Oh yes. Irvine’s LOADED with all sorts of ....... folk.”
If southern California were ever hit with a nuclear bomb it would kill millions, of which maybe 5% would be American natives.
I am sadly aware of that....
I can remember when Orange County was still part of America. Mostly.
It seems to me that the change accelerated at the time of the last real estate bust, when the aerospace industry left. Makes you wonder what this current collapse will leave behind.
It wasn't that long ago, either, was it?
“It wasn’t that long ago, either, was it?”
No, it wasn’t that long ago. And when the change came it happened very quickly. Word gets out when America’s political class won’t defend the borders. I don’t know if it is possible for California to return to what it was, but it sure won’t happen with the treacherous political class we have had for far too long.
There are some things that go beyond the pale and this is one of them. The jerks bought another child and she is currently serving the wife while she waits for her husband to finish up his sentence, I guess.
Shyima has been adopted by an American family and appears to be thriving. She graduated from high school and has become an American with hopes of becoming a police officer.
Amazing! Apparently slavery was ended with a Constitutional amendment but no one bothered to make any laws against it. You would think it would be a serious crime.
It is OK with me if they deport natural born citizens who buy children for slaves. Put them in a leaky dingy with one oar and tell them to start paddling.
Is it too late to deport these people back to Egypt?
do you have a thread where these articles are indexed?
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