Major brands across the U.S. like Cheerios and Fruit of the Loom employ migrant children to work long hours and in dangerous conditions, according to a new report.
is responsible for ensuring sponsors support, and not exploit them. However, caseworkers told the Times they often rush through the vetting process to find these children sponsors to meet the Biden administration’s requests to move children quickly out of the shelters due to high influxes.
"There are numerous places along the process to continually ensure that a placement is in the best interest of the child," Jones told the Times. Companies that employ migrant child workers often turn a blind eye to their age, instead focusing only on finding workers who can fill the laborious jobs. such as manufacturing, construction, mining and processing and prohibits them from working over 8 hours a day, or, more than three hours on a school day. 7 am or after 7 pm, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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