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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 29 > Child maids: an African tradition, now in U.S.

Child maids: an African tradition, now in U.S.

‘Modern-day slavery,’ immigration official says

By Rukmini Callimachi / The Bulletin
December 29, 2008

IRVINE, Calif. — Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door.

They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open faucet. She wasn’t much taller than the counter, and the soapy water swallowed her slender....

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