President Joe Biden’s first acts in office included a rollback of his predecessor’s restrictive immigration policy-one that Biden had characterized on the campaign trail as “cruel” and “inhumane.”
The policies of his administration have led to an unprecedented spike in border crossings and, well, the chickens are coming home to roost. A New York Times report on Monday detailed how those policies are fueling a nationwide child labor crisis, the details of which would make Upton Sinclair blush. Some might even call it “cruel” and “inhumane.”
Thousands of alien children-some as young as 12 years old-are now working illegally at slaughterhouses, factories, and construction sites. Caseworkers estimate that roughly two-thirds of all unaccompanied alien children will work full-time after they’re released from government custody, and the Department of Health and Human Services has lost contact with over 85,000 alien children since Biden assumed office. Read more…
