Why Child Labor is an Immigration Issue

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🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The New York Times published an exposé on immigrant children illegally employed to do dangerous jobs across the country. To one U.S. representative, it’s not just a labor issue; it’s symptomatic of the larger problems in the immigration system. Fixing it, then, will require once again taking up the fight to overhaul immigration. Guest: Rep. Hillary Scholten, U.S. representative from Michigan’s 3rd congressional district. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.1	when she realized her new job on Capitol Hill
0:45.1	was about to get a lot more complicated.
0:47.1	You know, I was in the car leaving our very first town hall
0:52.4	and I opened up my phone and I had probably no less than a dozen text messages,
0:58.4	actually, from friends in the community, people on my team,
1:02.4	who had sent me the article, and my heart just sank.
1:08.3	I just- I couldn't believe what I was reading.
1:12.9	Representative Sculpton was reading the New York Times.
1:18.1	Their big investigation into immigrant child labor.
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