House committee grills Biden Labor Dept on child migrant exploitation ahead of hearing

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  • 06/01/2023
Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce are seeking answers from the Department of Labor (DOL) about what it is doing to crack down on the exploitation of unaccompanied child migrants in the workforce – after reports of an "explosive" growth in the child labor force.

"The Committee is disturbed by recent reports about cases of illegal child labor in the United States precipitated by the surge in unaccompanied migrant children traveling across the southern border under the Biden administration’s watch," Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chair Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., wrote in a letter to Acting Secretary Julie Su.


"As it is the federal agency enforcing our nation’s child labor laws, we write to understand better the steps the Department of Labor...has taken to address this issue and to inquire about its ongoing coordination with other federal agencies," they wrote.

The number of unaccompanied migrants arriving at the southern border increased dramatically from 33,239 in fiscal year 2020 to more than 146,000 in fiscal year 2021 and 152,000 in fiscal year 2022.

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