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[quote=Anonymous]Au pairs report wage theft, coercion, sexual harassment, retaliation, and misrepresentation, among other abuses. Among the range of temporary work visas available to domestic workers, the J-1 au pair program is the only program masquerading as a cultural exchange. Indeed, au pairs report that work, rather than cultural exchange, is the central component of their experience.

Au pairs report that their sponsor agencies communicate competing narratives about the program to them and to their host family employers: while sponsor agencies and their foreign affiliates promise au pairs a cultural exchange program at the time of recruitment, sponsor agencies advertise the program to host families as an affordable and flexible childcare program, electing not to emphasize the educational and cultural exchange components. Sponsor agencies’ profit motives prevent au pairs from accessing support when they face abuses. When au pair and host family interests come into conflict, au pairs report that sponsor agencies side with families, putting au pairs at risk of coercion, labor exploitation, and human trafficking.[/quote]

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