Florida Moves To Fill Migrants’ Jobs With Children
CNN reports:
Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs. Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state legislature have a potential solution: children.
The state’s legislature on Tuesday is set to debate a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days.
They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law. The state has been easing up on child labor protections for years. Last year, the
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