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A New Child Labor Crisis in America

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Exploited Innocence: Child Labor in America's Factories

This chapter examines the disturbing rise of child labor exploitation in the U.S. manufacturing sector, addressing how companies evade responsibility and highlighting systemic issues that put children in perilous working conditions. It also outlines governmental responses to combat these violations and underscores the urgent need for legal reforms to protect vulnerable child workers, particularly those from immigrant backgrounds.

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