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What is the cost of going overseas to provide for your family? An Indonesian mother left behind her newborn son for America, where she faced ongoing accounts of exploitation \u2014 from labor trafficking to sweatshops in L.A. Despite working tirelessly for her son, he now considers her a stranger.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI [felt] I was inside a movie \u2014 I listened to different languages, smelled different smells; everything [was] strange for me.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n
That\u2019s what Yeni Dewi thought as she arrived at LAX in Los Angeles, but she carried a heavy weight on her shoulders. <\/span><\/p>\n Back in Indonesia was her two-week-old son \u2014 she had just broken ties with her partner, and as a single mother, followed her employer to the U.S to continue working as a domestic worker. <\/span><\/p>\n Dewi entrusted all of her documents to the family \u2014 including her passport and birth certificate \u2014 with the promise of a work permit in due time. It wasn\u2019t long before a promised job at a restaurant, $1000 a month and a room of her own became 17-hour days as a domestic worker, $200 a month, and a spot in the employer\u2019s child\u2019s bedroom. <\/span><\/p>\n A case of labor trafficking tucked into an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood, Dewi is just one labor trafficking survivor given a false promise of fair employment. <\/span>In 2018, the U.S. Department of State identified 5,801 victims of trafficking from Indonesia.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n After six months of working 17-hour days, Dewi knew she had to leave. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was work hard, I feel my body hurt but I don’t get nothing. I was losing hope. I was thinking about my son in my country. <\/span>When I\u2019m sick, who’s gonna take care of me, who’s gonna take care of my family?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial author=”Yeni Dewi” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n The desperation led to an escape \u2014 a decision mentally planned, yet seemingly casual in execution. Once the father of the family\u2019s two kids arrived home from work, she walked out. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn my sandals!\u201d she remembers.<\/span><\/p>\n After finding a pay phone, Dewi called the only number she had: the family\u2019s former nanny.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>She picked up Dewi from the Bloomingdales\u2019 parking lot, and drove to her brother-in-law\u2019s home in South Los Angeles, away from the bounds of her employers. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Mexican family [gave] food, the clothing, blanket, and sofa where I [slept]. They asked me what I want to do \u2014 call the police, go to the Indonesian embassy. I [said] I don’t want nothing \u2014 I only want work. I have to work, cause I have my son, and my mom over there in my country. Then, they drop me to the two blocks over, on Slauson and Broadway, to a small company in the garment industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial author=”Yeni Dewi” _builder_version=”3.6″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n Dewi arrived in downtown Los Angeles on a Sunday. On Monday, she found herself working in LA\u2019s garment industry.<\/span><\/p>\n With an unnoticed presence, the cut and sew apparel industry is Los Angeles\u2019 second largest industry, employing over 46,000 individuals. Woven into the fabric of the city, workers of this economy are inextricably tied to the undocumented community, making the industry notorious for wage theft, worker intimidation, and poor health and safety conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n However, for Dewi, the $125 paycheck each week for eight hour days felt like a respite after her previous employer.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s been eight years since Dewi began work in the garment district, and her life has changed drastically. <\/span><\/p>\n Although still employed by the garment industry, she\u2019s become a leading voice within anti-sweatshop activism. She met her husband, Miguel, and has two young kids: Aztlan, 5, and Luna, 2. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/csuf2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/DSC04028.jpg” show_bottom_space=”off” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.6″ custom_margin=”10px|||” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Arial||on||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n Yeni Dewi tickles her youngest son, Aztlan (Aditi Mayer, Next Generation Radio)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”27px|0px|2px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/csuf2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/DSC03846.jpg” _builder_version=”3.6″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Arial||on||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n Luna eats candy sprawled across the bed. (Aditi Mayer, Next Generation Radio)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/csuf2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/DSC04166.jpg” _builder_version=”3.6″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Arial||on||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n Yeni Dewi \u00a0prepares lunch for her two children.\u00a0(Aditi Mayer, Next Generation Radio)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/csuf2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/DSC04110.jpg” _builder_version=”3.6″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Arial||on||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n In front of his mother\u2019s sewing machine, Aztlan tears away at a sticker.\u00a0(Aditi Mayer, Next Generation Radio)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||”]<\/p>\n Ibnu, Dewi’s first-born son in Indonesia is now 9 years old. She’s<\/span>\u00a0faced new challenges with her oldest son: while she left to provide for him financially, she has become emotionally estranged.\u00a0<\/span>Last year, Dewi received her <\/span>human trafficking visa<\/span><\/a>, which gave her the option of family reunification. <\/span><\/p>\n “I try to make talk Ibnu but he don’t want it. Ibnu never know me. Ibnu never know father and mother. Ibnu living with my mom so he thinking we are stranger. He asking my mom, \u2018Where is my dad? Where is my mom?\u2019 When my mom explain him, your dad and mom in the U.S., he say \u2018Why my mom and my dad don’t want to hug me? Don’t go to sleep with me?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Dewi\u2019s nervous about the future. She knows things will be tough for her son, but she\u2019s determined to let Ibnu finally experience the love of a mother and father. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was keep my dream for a long, long, long, long ago to hug him. 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