Why Are States Loosening Child Labor Laws? I Beyond the Scenes
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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The Biden Administration's Promise of a Better Future
Some of the children who were able to get a lawyer and apply for a work permit are actually doing great. I talked to one kid whose job now is to collect the shopping carts outside a supermarket, which you know, that's not a great job, but it's much better than what he was doing. And it pays him more and he's going through school. Like his life is totally turned around. That's sort of the rare situation where a child was able to get legal services. Most of the children are never going to get a work permit. So this is one of the changes that the Biden administration is promising. This is part of that announcement two days after our story ran about
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