Ohio’s Fuyao Glass factory, once a darling of Obama’s Hollywood dreams, got a rude wake-up call from ICE in July 2024. The raid exposed a grim underbelly of alleged human smuggling and ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Buckle up—this one’s a doozy.
Breitbart reported that in 2014, Chinese investors swooped in, buying a shuttered General Motors plant in Moraine, Ohio, for $200 million, turning it into Fuyao Glass. By July 2024, ICE stormed the facility, uncovering a suspected human smuggling ring exploiting hundreds of illegal workers.
The operation allegedly kept workers in near-slavery to churn out glass for American cars. The raid wasn’t just about immigration violations; it dug into money laundering and financial crimes.
Homeland Security and IRS Criminal Investigation agents swarmed the factory, sniffing out corruption. Apparently, “Made in America” doesn’t always mean “ethical.”
Fuyao’s Chinese owners claimed they were victims, blaming a staffing company for slipping illegal Chinese migrants into their workforce. Funny how victims always seem to dodge accountability when the feds come knocking. Sounds like a convenient excuse to keep the assembly lines humming.
Suspicion swirled that Fuyao got a heads-up about the raid. Ten days before ICE arrived, many illegal workers mysteriously stopped showing up. Coincidence? Don’t bet on it.
Post-raid, about 100 new workers with Chinese names rolled up in unmarked, windowless vans. Nothing screams “above board” like shadowy vans replacing a busted workforce. The optics here are worse than a bad sitcom.
Back in 2019, Fuyao was the star of a documentary produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s company. It snagged an Oscar in 2020, painting the factory as a symbol of global unity. Turns out, unity looks a lot like exploitation when you peel back the curtain.
The Obama-backed film glossed over Fuyao’s darker side, like its cozy ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Chairman Cao Dewang, in a 2023 interview, gushed about his loyalty to the Party. Hollywood’s selective editing strikes again.
“The government respects me very much,” Cao bragged, detailing his role overseeing a government-owned university in China. He’s not just a businessman—he’s a Party loyalist with a side hustle in propaganda. And yet, the Obamas thought this was their feel-good story.
Cao’s love for the Communist Party isn’t just talk. Over 70% of Party members at Fuyao hold key management or technical roles, including 22 senior executives. This isn’t a factory—it’s a CCP outpost on American soil.
Cao’s 2023 interview laid it bare: “Our principle is to unconditionally adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party.” Unconditional loyalty to a foreign regime, operating in Ohio? That’s not capitalism; that’s a Trojan horse.
He went on: “I will use the 10 years to build a sustainable management system.” Sustainable for whom? Certainly not the workers trapped in near-slave conditions under his watch.
Fuyao’s Ohio experiment was sold as a win for American workers, but it’s a slap in the face to those who value sovereignty. The factory’s reliance on smuggled labor and Party loyalists mocks the “Made in USA” label. Actions have consequences, and Fuyao’s are piling up.
The raid exposed more than just illegal workers; it revealed a company comfortable operating under the thumb of a foreign regime. While the Obamas were busy chasing Oscars, Fuyao was allegedly exploiting vulnerable migrants. That’s not progress—that’s a scandal.
America deserves better than factories that trade ethics for profit and pledge allegiance to Beijing. The Fuyao fiasco is a wake-up call: globalism’s shiny promises often hide ugly truths. Time to start asking who’s really running the show in Ohio.