We are grateful that the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to pass the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. China's persecution and internment of the Uyghur Muslim community in Xinjiang is reprehensible and demands our attention. In what is considered the largest incarceration of an ethnic-religious minority since the Holocaust, China has pushed more than 1 million people into “re-education camps,” where they endure torture, forced labor, and forced sterilization.

As Jews, we remember the Holocaust with the phrase “never again.” For this to have any meaning, we must act on this crisis. The State Department has rightly called China's persecution of Uyghurs a genocide. As Jewish Americans, we must stand against this persecution. This is why Jewish Dems support the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which will:

• Impose sanctions on all goods coming from Xinjiang unless proven to have no association with forced labor; and
• Create a list of individuals and entities associated with forced labor in Xinjiang and impose property and visa blocking sanctions on the listed individuals

This legislation is an important step toward ending the genocidal actions against the Uyghurs. Until all minorities are free from persecution, our work is ongoing. As Jewish Americans who stand for liberty and freedom everywhere, our job is not done until the camps are closed and the Uyghurs are free. While more work is needed, this bill is an important step toward combating genocide.

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