Commentary: Our failed immigration policy is causing a child labor epidemic in the US
Children are now mainstays in migration policy debates and news, with unaccompanied minors at the border drawing much attention over the past decade. The systemic violence and poverty that displace thousands of children from Central and South America have a long history. While these factors have only worsened in recent years because of climate change, environmental degradation and the human ...
Children are now mainstays in migration policy debates and news, with unaccompanied minors at the border drawing much attention over the past decade.
The systemic violence and poverty that displace thousands of children from Central and South America have a long history. While these factors have only worsened in recent years because of climate change, environmental degradation and the human and economic costs of COVID-19, they follow decades of destructive U.S. intervention in the region — and of our inability to reform our immigration system.
The U.S. government’s failure to pass significant immigration reform since is one reason children.
