soul-hammer

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products fo nytimes.com ALT
gorps

"Notice: a story documenting thousands of cases of child exploitation, clear as day, out in the open, and the (to be clear, otherwise excellent) report doesn’t mention the word “crime” or “criminal” once. It’s presented entirely as a civil and bureaucratic process issue. The idea that any of these corporate execs flagrantly and knowingly breaking child labor laws and hiring 12yo’s would ever face prison isn’t even entertained as an option—much less a logical solution. For these corporations child exploitation is simply not a criminal risk, at all" x