GOP fires back at Biden administration over child labor: ‘Pot meet kettle’

REpublicans push back against the Biden administrationThe claim of ‘that Congress has not provided adequate funding to address the child labor crisis is made by.

Late February saw reports that almost 4,000 undocumented minors were employed in dangerous work in contravention of child labor laws. These were the facts. White House It responded to the matter days later, saying that it would take action. departing The Labor Secretary Marty Walsh Accusing Trump’s administration and Congress.

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“This agency was decimated in the last administration,” Walsh told The Washington Post. “If Congress chooses not to give us more enforcement officers to protect these companies that are violating the law by using children, then they’re accomplices in this.”

This didn’t go down well with Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-NC (chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee).

“This administration has recklessly and intentionally pursued open-border policies,” Foxx stated. “Now Secretary Walsh has the gall to say Congress is complicit in the child labor violations that stemmed directly from this administration’s ill-advised policies? Pot meet kettle. His comments are disgusting and par for the course, not based in reality.”

It New York Times reported On February 25, unaccompanied children immigrants arrived in record numbers. They are finding jobs in factories and construction, as well as other dangerous work. Many are under 12 years of age, with the problem growing steadily since 2021.

According to the outlet, while child immigrant children must have a sponsor to be allowed to enter America, the Department of Health and Human Services also has the power to force staffers out of shelters to remove them quickly because of their increasing numbers.

U.S. authorities processed 130,000 unaccompanied kids at the Southern Border border in fiscal 2022. This is an unprecedented number. federal statistics show.

It was the Biden Administration that sprung to action. announce You can find more information at “crackdown” Within days, the report contained information on labor exploitation. It also included new initiatives that would investigate employers’ labor violations and provide support to immigrants.

“This is something that we have taken action on,” Karine Jean Pierr is White House press secretary