House Judiciary Committee Republicans requested Monday that the director at the Office of Refugee Resettlement appear for questioning on migrant children and teenagers working in dangerous jobs across the country.
The request, made in a letter obtained by Breitbart News to Director Robin Marcos, comes after the New York Times published a gut-wrenching exposé about the “shadow work force” of migrant children and teens working behind the scenes to process products used by popular companies, including Ben & Jerry’s, J. Crew, Cheerio’s, and Ford Motor Company, potentially in violation of U.S. child labor laws.
I spent the last year talking to children who live with distant relatives or strangers and work illegal jobs. These are 12 and 13-year-olds who pay rent, take on overtime, and rarely get a weekend off. They’re part of a shadow work force that has exploded since…