A New Child Labor Crisis in America

<p>Slaughterhouses, construction sites, factories. A Times investigation has found that migrant children have been thrust into jobs in some of the most demanding workplaces in the United States.</p><p>How did this crisis in child labor develop? And now that it has been exposed, what is being done to tackle the problem?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/hannah-dreier?smid=pc-thedaily">Hannah Dreier</a>, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html"> shadow work force of migrant children</a> extends across industries in every state, flouting labor laws that have been in place for nearly a century.</li><li>As<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/us/politics/lawmakers-child-migrant-labor.html"> lawmakers clamor for action</a>, federal and state enforcement agencies have begun a crackdown on companies that employ children.</li><li>The Biden administration <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/biden-child-labor.html" target="_blank">has announced a wide crackdown</a> on the labor exploitation of migrant children around the United States.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>