Members of Congress are pressing for changes to the law and the Biden administration’s approach as federal and state enforcement agencies begin a crackdown on companies that employ underage migrants.
To investigate the exploitation of migrant children, who often work long hours at factory jobs, the reporter Hannah Dreier waited out the late shift in parking lots.
Llegan al país en cifras récord y acaban en labores peligrosas que violan las leyes de trabajo infantil, incluso en fábricas donde se hacen algunos de los productos más conocidos del país.
Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make some of the country’s best-known products.