WATCH: Padilla calls for employers to be held accountable for migrant child labor exploitation
June 15, 2023 - WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, joined a Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Unaccompanied Children.” During the hearing, Padilla heard testimony from Terri Gerstein, Director, State and Local Enforcement Project at the Center for Labor and A Just Economy; Lorie Davidson, LCSW-C, Vice President for Children and Family Services at the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS); and Venus Bradley, a foster parent.
In his opening remarks, Padilla condemned the labor exploitation of migrant children in the United States and called on the federal government to enforce the law and hold employers unlawfully exploiting migrant children accountable. He referenced his recent letter with Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) to the CEOs of the major companies accused of child labor exploitation, calling on them to take full responsibility for the actions of their companies. He also criticized Republicans in Congress for their continued refusal to work to address our broken immigration system.
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