#Deregulated foster families: #Migrant #children, who have been coming into the United States without their parents in record numbers, are ending up in some of the most punishing jobs in the country for big-name companies, including Whole Foods, Walmart, J. Crew and Frito-Lay.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/briefing/migrant-child-labor.html

“As #disasters have grown, this workforce has grown. And these #workers, imported to clean up after #climatedisasters, since the #Second functions as a well #deregulated militia, do all this without #legalprotections, without legal status,” says Soni, a longtime labor organizer and the director of Resilience Force, that advocates for #ImmigrantWorkers.

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/10/saket_soni_the_great_escape_book