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House committee grills Biden Labor Dept on child migrant exploitation ahead of hearing
Fox News
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce are probing the Department of Labor for its handling of reports of a growth in unaccompanied child migrant exploitation.
"As it is the federal agency enforcing our nation’s child labor laws, we write to understand better the steps the Department of Labor...has taken to address this issue and to inquire about its ongoing coordination with other federal agencies," they wrote. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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The number of unaccompanied migrants arriving at the southern border increased dramatically from 33,239 in fiscal year 2020 to more than 146,000 in fiscal year 2021 and 152,000 in fiscal year 2022.