Because you can always truck in a slew of desperate people willing to work for lower and lower wages until we descend into de facto slavery (not even being hyperbolic, that&#x27;s essentially what many sweatshops are in some countries, look at hypercapitalist Dubai where companies retain control of &#x27;employee&#x27;s passports and refuse to return them so employees cannot escape the country&#x2F;near-fatal working conditions).<p>We&#x27;ve compromised as a society and said sure slave labor will exist but not in the US, if a company wants to benefit from the infrastructure and educated workforce and culture and benefits that American society has developed they have to be decent corporate citizens and treat workers with a modicum of respect. You&#x27;re suggesting bringing slave labor here, I&#x27;d suggest rather we sprint in the opposite direction and ban it everywhere through e.g. making the import of goods made through slave labor a criminal offense.