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Democratic senators push for Labor budget increase to prevent abuse of migrant children
Democratic senators advocated for an increase in the Labor Department’s budget to prevent abuse of migrant children during a hearing on unaccompanied minors at the border Wednesday. Judiciary Committee members Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) suggested the department’s limited resources contributed to the uptick in child labor law violations. “To put it very simply, our enforcement mechanisms are being starved,” Blumenthal said in reference to the general decrease in funding for federal labor agencies. The department’s wage and hour division includes approximately 800 investigators, who are tasked to monitor a wide var

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