By The Daily Caller (U.S.) | Created at 2026-07-31 13:56:25 | Updated at 2026-08-03 00:56:05
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The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled its biggest-ever expansion of the Uyghur forced labor blacklist, according to documents exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller.
DHS announced Thursday that it was adding 43 companies to its Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, which targets firms that benefit from forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region.
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The additions, along with technical updates to two existing entries, bring the total number of entities on the blacklist to 187 — a roughly 30% increase. (RELATED: China Finds Way To Quietly Keep Its Forced Labor System Alive)
Beginning Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will apply a presumption that goods produced by the newly listed companies are tied to forced labor and prohibited from entering the United States unless importers can provide evidence to rebut that determination.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the latest expansion is aimed at preventing products linked to forced labor from entering the U.S. supply chain while protecting American workers from unfair competition.
“Today we are adding 43 Chinese companies to the UFLPA Entity List, and DHS will ensure their products do not enter our country,” Mullin said in a statement to the Caller.
Mullin argued that companies benefiting from forced labor gain an unfair advantage over American businesses and said DHS has a responsibility to block those products from reaching U.S. consumers.
“The American worker must not be undercut and cheated by foreign companies that use slave labor. Our job is to defend the Homeland, and that includes protecting our citizens from unfair competition that not only disadvantages Americans, but harms human dignity,” Mullin said.
PASSED ✅ SFRC just voted to approve the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region do not enter the U.S. market. The U.S. cannot be complicit in these atrocities & we must hold Beijing accountable. pic.twitter.com/4aTiXAAYJl
— Senate Foreign Relations Committee (@SFRCdems) June 24, 2021Since the UFLPA took effect, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has denied entry to more than 24,300 shipments valued at nearly $1 billion, preventing goods suspected of being produced with forced labor from entering U.S. markets.
The 43 newly designated companies operate across several sectors federal officials have identified as enforcement priorities, including aluminum, apparel, copper, cotton, tomatoes and related downstream products. The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force also announced technical updates to the official names of two entities already included on the UFLPA Entity List. (RELATED: Trump Admin Steps Up Scrutiny Of Electronic, Solar Imports Over Chinese Slave Labor Concerns)
DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans Rob Law, who chairs the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, wrote in a statement to the Caller that the administration views the expansion as part of its broader effort to remove forced labor from U.S. supply chains while protecting American businesses from unfair competition.
“The Trump Administration remains steadfast in its commitment to remove forced labor from U.S. supply chains and to holding foreign companies accountable for their exploitation,” Law said. “We are uncompromising in the continued prevention of unfair practices that undermine American businesses — expansion of the UFLPA Entity List is a tool by which DHS can ensure both our economic and national security.”
DHS also highlighted its participation in the joint Trade Fraud Task Force with the Department of Justice, saying the initiative has recovered or secured more than $1 billion in penalties, recoveries, and charged losses while stepping up enforcement against imports tied to forced labor.
Thailand forcibly returned a group of Uyghurs to China.
As a longstanding ally of Thailand, we are alarmed by this action, which runs afoul of its international obligations.
The U.S. condemns this action. We urge the Thai government to ensure and verify that the Uyghurs are…
DHS Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security Aris Kourkoumelis wrote in a statement to the Caller that the task force has bolstered the federal government’s efforts to combat forced labor in global supply chains. (RELATED: Biden Admin Blocks Imports From Slew Of Chinese Companies Allegedly Tied To Slave Labor)
“The DHS-DOJ Trade Fraud Task Force brings a new energy to our enforcement against illicit imports and our broader efforts to end the human suffering caused by forced labor,” he wrote. “Importers should know that those who attempt to circumvent today’s action and knowingly import goods produced with forced labor will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
DHS added that it continues to work with industry groups, nonprofit organizations and international partners to improve compliance and identify companies linked to forced labor, arguing that expanding the UFLPA Entity List strengthens both supply chain enforcement and protections for American businesses against unfair foreign competition.
