︱Road to Migrant Fishers’ Rights In January 2022, an investigation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found evidence of forced labor aboard the Taiwaneseowned and operated fishing vessel “DA WANG” registered in Vanuatu. The AP reports led to the Obama government passing the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, which essentially removes the “consumptive demand clause” from the Tariff Act of 1930 (a loophole in the prohibition against goods produced by forced labor to be imported into the United States), opening the way for more rigorous enforcement by Customs. The United States has enforced a strict ban on the import of goods produced by forced labor since. Between 2019 and 2020, Withhold Release Orders ( WRO) were issued at different times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection against four distant 020