Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.

Posted on February 28, 2023
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.

An unaccompanied Guatemalan child immigrants Oscar(2ndR) age 12, and Diego(R) age 17, who both arrived illegally across the Rio Grande river from Mexico line up on March 27, 2021 at a processing checkpoint before being detained by border patrol agents in the border city of Roma. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom.

Photo by ED JONES/AFP