Saipan is the capital, and most populated island, of the chain of 14 Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia. The islands are on U.S. territory - 6,200 kilometres west of Hawaii. Exploiting trade benefits and loopholes in U.S. immigration and wage laws, Asian-based garment manufacturers have flocked to Saipan, bringing in cloth and materials by the shipload along with tens of thousands of foreign indentured workers. The product of this indentured labour, bearing "Made in the U.S.A." labels is shipped into the mainland U.S. market, duty-free and without quotas, for sale at brand-name retail outlets like the GAP, J. Crew, Ralph Lauren, and other stores.                                 

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