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Foxx, Walberg, Chavez-DeRemer Demand Answers from Su on Trafficking of Migrant Children

Press Release

Date: May 25, 2023
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Minors and Children Employment and Affirmative Action Immigration

"The New York Times published an article describing… concerns that many children are being trafficked and forced to work illegally following their release from federal custody… The article highlights the government's failure to protect these children by demonstrating a breakdown between HHS, the agency responsible for sheltering these children while they are in federal custody… and DOL, the agency responsible for ensuring these children are not exploited in employment after they have left federal custody."

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"This matter is especially troubling because a breakdown in government responsibility has led to the trafficking of migrant children in violation of our nation's human trafficking and child labor laws. Therefore, it is important for the Committee to understand what information DOL provided to HHS and DHS as well as whether these agencies are working together to keep migrant children out of harm's way."


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