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The number one country I won't visit ever again would have to be the UAE (United Arab Emirates). For those of you wondering, it’s located in the Persian Gulf.​Whenever someone mentions cities within the UAE, such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, etc., the first images that come to mind are that of skyscrapers and glorious beaches, as well as other unique modern landmarks that can be seen:​​​​​(All images are taken from Google)Looks wonderful, doesn't it?However, what most people don't realize is that these massive buildings, which have granted this country its modern civilization, are mostly constructed and built by workers, the majority of which are expats in the UAE, and which have been denied their respective wages for months by the companies they're working for.The process of recruiting these workers is simple; companies would typically post ads or contact foreign recruitment/employment agencies based in multiple countries (Mostly Southeast Asian countries; i.e. Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, The Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, etc.) to recruit workers for them. The agencies would act as the middlemen between the two; they would find those interested in working abroad, or in the tempting offers and swaying promises made by the construction companies. The recruitment agencies would help the workers fill in their application forms and necessary documents for the job and the visa, and assist them in booking their airline tickets once their visa has been approved. Ultimately, they would get a fee from the workers and a percentage from the company.The unsuspected laborers would take off to their destination in the hopes of being paid a high salary; and making a fortune to support their families back home.Unfortunately, once they land in the UAE, they are given a lengthy contract to sign with the company, taken to their accommodation, and their passports are stripped away from them and kept by their employers. This makes them unable to leave the country unless they obtain their passports back somehow. Some of them never do, and are trapped for years.If that wasn't bad enough, the workers are made to stay in terrible accommodations. The places they are kept in are unhygienic and filthy for people to live in. Some of them are kept in old buildings, just on the outskirts of the city they helped build.The issue generated some controversy and international attention by the media when a couple of journalists investigated the situation. Here are some pictures that have been taken by an Iranian investigative journalist who did an article about the mistreatment of these expats:​​(Due to lack of proper cooking facilities, workers cook in unhygienic conditions)(Some workers are paid so little, but are forced to stay in horrible conditions)​(Source: 0ss0.com)The workers are forced to share a room, sometimes 7–8 workers share one room to sleep in.They are not offered running water for showering or cooking, and they aren't offered proper cooking facilities either. Which means that, for most of the time, they are forced to find unconventional means to cook for themselves.Due to the lack of sufficient plumbing, the men’s living compartments are engulfed by a river of sewage.Some are paid as little as €150 a month, some are paid nothing whatsoever. Most are unable to protest because they are unable to leave, due to not having their passports, and are forced to stay and complete their contract work agreement.Most are in debt back home because they had to take loans and borrow money to pay the agencies and buy an airline ticket, and their minimum wage income isn't helping them to pay off their debts or to support their families back home or themselves.The working conditions themselves are atrocious. Workers are forced to work for as long as 12 hours per day, sometimes more. They are made to work during day shifts. Even when the temperature outside reaches 50 Celsius, workers have to work under the sun.The UAE government officials have been criticized for allowing such treatment to take place. However, the government’s response was to deny such accusations and ensure all the migrant workers in the UAE are treated well and are taken care of by their employers. Even if reality revealed otherwise.A lot of this is termed as “modern slavery.” A mini documentary made by Vice has been uploaded to YouTube ,in which reporter Ben Anderson poses as a British tourist and exposes the mistreatment of migrant workers in the UAE. I know it's a bit outdated, but this remains a pressing issue that's still going on to this day.Slaves of DubaiI'm not bashing the people of the UAE. I'm sure there are wonderful people there. On the plus side: the food was great, and it was a lovely getaway. The hospitality we recieved was great. On the down side: it was incredibly expensive, and I'm not entirely sure the cost was entirely worth it for the tourist experience you're looking to get.However, unfortunately, the government doesn't care about making a reform or changing the laws to protect the rights of the migrant workers that seek a better life and are kept in the dark about the circumstances that might await them. I'm not in support of that.I realize that such activities go on, and do happen, in different countries across all of the continents. The only difference between the UAE and other countries is that most countries have laws against such actions and reward migrant workers with their proper rights. I understand migrant workers from everywhere might face discrimination and racism while they're working in different countries, but at least their legal rights are preserved and they are protected. The UAE workers are not, because the UAE doesn't grant them their legal rights. On top of that, in case the workers attempt to escape their forced labor, once they're caught by authorities, they are rejoined with their abusive employers despite any protests.A lot of the workers who succeed in running away spend years hiding from the authorities. During that period, they try to gather as much money as possible to be able to afford a return ticket back home, since the government won't legally deport them or ask the company they work for to pay for their return ticket, either.https://strawberryjamm.com/

I was TOLD, not asked, to clean her dog's poop!I work for the Post Office. It was just me and the CONTROLLING Supervisor working on a Saturday. She had brought her dog to work. Which, in and of itself, is odd. Her dog went up to one of the cases where the Mailman prep their mail and it took a HUGE dump. It was disgusting!She picks up her dog, walks out, and says, “Make sure that poop is cleaned up before you leave today!”Yeah right!I finish up my work. I leave the poop. Lock up the building. And go home. The poop was there when all the workers returned to work on Monday.Needless to say, they were all freaked out when they found poop on the floor. They had no idea there was a dog in the building over the weekend.The Supervisor screamed at me to “pick it up now! I can't believe you left Sh*t here all weekend!”I looked dead in her face and asked her, “Should I call the Union or the Postal Inspectors regarding your treatment of me and your absurd request to clean up YOUR dog's crap?”She told me that I am to do as I am told. I walked away, picked up my cell phone, and told her to tell me who she prefer I call: The Union or The Postal Inspectors.She told me to get out of her face and she cleaned the poop.What a WITCH!Thankfully, I got out of that particular office.

Not really, no. There are no provisions in US immigration law that provide the parent of a US citizen who is a minor any means to be admitted to the United States. If removing the citizen’s noncitizen parent would cause “extreme hardship” to the minor, USCIS may grant humanitarian parole, but this is the exception, not the rule. However, for this to apply, you’d really have to be in the situation where your child would be subjected to extreme poverty or otherwise unsafe conditions (e.g. the country you are from is in the middle of a civil war) should you return to your home country with your child, or if your child would not be admitted to your home country due to its immigration policy. Unless one of these exceptional conditions apply to your situation, you should expect that you will need to return to your home country when your work authorization expires.