Georgiana Grozescu, Rafaela Rodrigues, and Leslye E. Orloff, Appendix IX, Multi-State Overview – Forced Labor, Involuntary Servitude, Slavery and Peonage Definitions (December 31, 2021)
This appendix catalogues states laws of forced labor, involuntary servitude, slavery and peonage across the country. The definition of forced labor adopt by DOL may include crimes such as involuntary servitude, slavery and peonage as potential U visa qualifying criminal activity. This chart provides state and federal labor enforcement agencies, state prosecutors, law enforcement officials, and other certifiers easy access to forced labor laws of each U.S. jurisdiction. This chart will assist federal labor law enforcement agencies in identifying U visa criminal activities that they detect as part of their forced labor investigations, which can also serve as a direct statutorily listed basis for U visa certification.