Congressman John Moolenaar Chairman of the Select Committee on the CCP | Official Website
Yesterday, Reuters reported that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has stopped imports from DJI, a Chinese drone manufacturer, due to products linked to forced labor. This action is in response to a violation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Following this development, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) issued a joint statement.
“For years CCP-drone manufacturer DJI has been rightfully blacklisted by the U.S. government for actively aiding the CCP in carrying out surveillance for their genocidal crimes against Uyghurs in Xinjiang," they stated. "Now we have discovered that DJI is not only aiding this genocide but also forcing Uyghur slave labor in Xinjiang to manufacture the very drones used to surveil the human rights abuses against them in direct violation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act."
The representatives further accused DJI of advancing Chinese military capabilities, committing human rights abuses, using slave labor, and spying on Americans. They called for an end to U.S. reliance on DJI and urged support for American manufacturing through legislative action: "It is past time to end U.S. dependence on this anti-American company and bolster American manufacturing by getting our unanimously passed Countering CCP Drones Act signed into law."
