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TexasTowelie

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Sun Sep 24, 2023, 04:38 AM Sep 2023

Whistleblowers say lack of oversight led to migrant children working unsafe jobs - NBC News [View all]



NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports on whistleblower concerns that lack of government oversight may have led to migrant children working in unsafe conditions. NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports on whistleblower concerns that lack of government oversight may have led to migrant children working in unsafe conditions.


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While the government does have an oversight responsibility, I would rather lay the blame at the people most responsible for the problem--the employers who hire the migrant children at sub-minimum wage in order to squeeze out every penny of profit. Those employers should face substantial fines and imprisonment in the most egregious cases.
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