Why Are States Loosening Child Labor Laws? - Beyond the Scenes | The Daily Show
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- Recorded on 4/26/23. Child labor violations are on the rise, while some states are trying to loosen child labor laws. Host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with investigative reporter for the New York Times, Hannah Dreier, and the Chief Programs Officer for Justice for Migrant Women, Norma Flores López, to discuss why the number of unaccompanied minors entering the United States has climbed since the pandemic, the types of unsafe working conditions these kids face, how the Department of Health and Human Services has failed to place them in safe environments, and what impact this has on children’s education, health, and overall sense of worth. Norma also recounts her time working in the fields as early as 9 years old.
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I'd argue it's the "Party of Family Values" not actually caring about family or values.
That isn't child labor. It is child slavery. They have no choice in the matter. As for states changing child labor laws, they will also increase high school dropout rates.
American Women and Children are but $LAVE$ to a Republican👁🙀👁
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the party that welcomed the legacy of the Confederacy would be sponsoring this legislation.
As if Americans aren’t dumb enough as it is.
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
@@jenbdiamond Isn’t that a quote from Dickens’s Christmas Carol? Where the rich old capitalist complains about giving to charity cases at Christmas.
14 & 15 year old working in mining? I bet none of the lawmakers would allow their kids/ grandkids do ANY of that
Of course not. They're trying to establish a permanent generational economic underclass and telling their voters that if they aren't in power, the "communists" will force -their- children into that underclass while ignoring the simple fact that IT DOESN'T NEED TO EXIST
I love how republicans can just do things like this without consequence and we wonder why calling them out does nothing. I'm completely tired of knowing who the problem is and they still have the right to ruin the country, while we just stand there and talk about how blatantly wrong it is but do nothing to stop it...
We are doing stuff to stop it, this is a news channel, this is bringing info to those who don't know. And there are groups and people trying to change things right now.
Voting and getting other like minded people to vote is doing something. Sharing videos like this to help educate is doing something. People need to get out of their comfort zone, hiding behind the red line, and speak out if they actually do care about our children
Stopping “it” requires a major and dramatic change of systems, from capitalism to democratic-socialism.
Capitalism is the lynchpin of crime, racism, greed, degradation of the environment, sexism, hate, anger, apathy, boom-and bust economic cycles, etc.
The system of capitalism can’t solve these problems and won’t.
America is a capitalist country AND NOT one of democracy.
"Decorum."
@@honest_126 sad part is that this is not a news channel but have had to turn into one since the "news" channels don't ask these type of questions. This is not a news channel but Roy is a real journalist, just like the lady in the video.
This was a much needed report. How the heck are there only 136 people liking this video? We need to get the word out about this topic. I am also a Minnesotan who found it horrible that General Mills was doing this, and that our legislature was trying to help them. Boycott General Mills and Frito-Lay.
Thank you for this!!!
Gather 1,000 people and barricade the gates to the building. No one goes in, no one comes out. It is up to you because you live there. Do not ask corrupt politicians to do the right thing. Make them do the right thing. Shut down their businesses, make them lose money, make them regret their decisions. If you don't, nothing will change. This is what it took 100 years ago, and this is what it takes today.
@@Marijuaniforniatoo many of the "someone else will do it" mindset
I didn't think I could respect the US any less than I did but goshdarnit you've done it again.
It’s the system of Capitalism “that is built on top of a cancerous logic of ‘infinite growth’ despite living on a finite planet with finite resources.”
These companies don’t care about education … just more vulnerable workers to rip-off.
America … land of the free … labor.
No matter where you go in the world, there are those that would try to do this. Everyone is just one bad election cycle away from becoming a tyrannical dystopia.
@@MagicManICT It's true that this could happen anywhere but to suggest everyone is equally close is excessive 😄
@@siri7005 It doesn't happen overnight. It's a subtle change over a few years, even decades. The mental worms that rot the brain and thinking patterns take time to grow.
Thank you for sharing Norma Flores López's story. She's a powerful voice for a viewpoint that many people in the US need to become familiar with before deciding on policy and laws.
Considering where and under what conditions she started - where she has now arrived and that she is using her hard-earned skills for the disenfranchised instead of for her personal gain - my respect could not be greater. What a powerhouse and inspiration.
As a Minnesotan, I’m shocked and deeply ashamed 😱
Have you contacted any of your lawmakers or CEOs? 💙
This is NOT work experience…it is exploitation
Correct, Ray. This is abuse. The businesses are just as responsible as their guardians/parents.
What are the parents supposed to do if they can't financially feed or house their children?? They lose their kids then as well. It's a double edged sword.
People shouldn't be having kids that they can't afford to take care of. A lot of people knew that they're broke before they had kids. Kids are expensive.
@Symone Lewis then why are Republicans forcing them to give birth?
So easy to blame the parent as you sit behind your little keyboard and not blame American policies that are causing these type of migrations.
@@symonelewis1690 Pregnant folk are losing the option to not have kids they can't afford. And being on BC doesn't always work. The policies and dark money really make it difficult for those under the rule of the minority.
Roy, you are a national treasure. Thank you for consistently lifting the lid on our nation so we can look inside to see how it really is.
Im a 35 Mexican American man and I remember in high school CINRAM and waynes farms in Alabama hired my peers, as young as 13, to work the overnight shift during the weekend. They unofficially called it the schoolboy hours.
Roy a son of the Magic City, of course
Thank you for sharing this.
So happy to see Roy's podcast! I'm dying with this writer's strike. Give these people what is fair and make Roy the permanent host of the Daily Show.
As a mom, i weep so much for these lils. As an american, im ashamed our lawmakers let these situations happen and do nothing to help after being enlightened
Yes,. Thank you. Roy. No one is connecting the dots here. We're powering toward a future where migrant children work as slaves in America.
What? A law to shield businesses from civil lawsuits if a child is hurt or killed on the job?!
It’s appalling! 🙁
@@kasondaleigh the "party" of family values, only cares about children in utero
Because it is easier than increasing wages and possibly impacting corporate profits? Why can companies respond to increased demand to raise prices for the same products, but workers in a 'free' market can't demand higher wages for the same work when labor is short?
VOTE THEM OUT!
Thank you, all three of you, for this extremely important conversation.
Alex
TY, Roy, Nora& Hannah for sharing the soft underbelly of our consumer economy. The more we know, the more we must act justly.
I teach my kids hard work. If my 13yr old wants a new video game, he mows lawns in the summer. My kids do jobs that will prepare them to be functioning adults when they go off to college. Dishes, laundry, cleaning their rooms. Mowing lawns, babysitting! I don't send children to a meat plant! Kids should have a chance to be kids.
You have to Jon Stewart the shi*** out if this and basically camp in gov places, put Politians on record, hold their feet to the fire and keep the pressure until significate change is done. Any soft approach will just fade out and you end up going in circles as the news cycle fades.
The U.S. needs some new laws to help protect EVERYONE!
Thank you for this program. I did not know that this was happening. I am appalled. Those that have get to keep it. Those that don't have get walked on
This is such a heavy topic that even Roy struggled to bring humour to it. But thanks for trying and bringing this to the public’s attention.
This is an absolute shame and my heart breaks for the children who are living this nightmare. I know there aren’t any punchlines in this subject, so I’m grateful that you are shining a light on it. Thank you for reporting it, please don’t stop!
Such a great, insightful video... Hannah and Norma are so incredibly strong, smart and inspiring, and, as always, Roy facilitating this discussion is invaluable. Lots of love to all 🤗
Points to Norma for the “sprinkles” comedy callback!
Simply look at the governor's running these states, the business' donating to said governor's and the pattern will show. It's not pro life.. It's profit.
Not true for MN
@@mm_A exactly. I can’t believe this is something that Walz would approve of.
Sounds so strange hearing about child labor becoming an issue. I had a similar experience to Flores; working in the fields as a child was just a normal thing for me because it was all I knew.
I think the context of the child labor explained by this video is more extreme, dangerous, and abuse since they are migrants, have no sincere guardians, and being exploited for profit-driven industries. I’m not disagreeing with you, only curious about the context of your labor as a child.
@@peterhoovestol8464 I see what you mean. I am first generation Mexican-American born in Texas. In my case, we worked in the fields as a family, my parents and siblings were all together, I imagine my parents were probably taken advantage of, but they had to survive and put food on the table and the kids were an extra set of hands. I did not realize until I got older how out of the ordinary and probably dangerous my upbringing was.
I sincerely hope America does the right thing and stops incentivizing a system that benefits from exploiting the desperate and sometimes uneducated migrants and US citizens.
Thank you for sharing this news and commentary
I just listened to Roy's interview with Kara Swisher. Fantastic! I particularly liked the idea of looking more closely at local politics and elevating the discourse on those things that effect people in the less considered parts of the country. With every word, Mr. Wood, I become a bigger fan!
Start local, esp in smaller areas. Mayors, school boards, city councils and even sheriffs are elected and hold more power over the day-to-day than State and Federal officials have. And too many seats are running unopposed.
Thank you Daily Show for this important episode 💜
Brilliant piece of reporting. Thank you Roy and Beyond the Scenes. We need more coverage like this!
Slavery. No over sight,
Just corporate greed.
What are the solutions to end both child and adult migrants abuse?
Interesting topic..
The society is getting more and more feudalistic..
Believe me , at this rate of wars and conflicts all around the world, things will worsen..
trafficking child trafficking end this now!!!
Basic lack of humanity. This country needs more kindness desperately.
This is true, as a social worker, I have seen us release the child. Unfortunately once you release them you can't find them again, they don't have a way to reach them. Numbers get disconnected addresses turn out wrong. It's not just that SW don't follow up, it's that we can't.
Coincides with Iowa Corn 🌽Detasseling Season and migrant labor shortages.
Michigan's to, but I was one who worked with migrant children in the schools and Michigan has a program that meets with these children every week, at least the ones allowed to attend K-5
Farms already have age exceptions and have been (officially) using kids for detasseling for 50+ years.
My teenage brother detassled corn in the 1950s in Wisconsin. It was a short term summer job. We also picked strawberries for 5 cents a quart. What is happening now is legalized crime when children are put at risk and deprived of education.
@@dianemitchell1717I agree. When you’re a citizen teen detassling corn in MN or picking cherries in WA as a summer job it’s a completely different experience than if you’re a migrant child
We say we value children, we value life. But so many children are commoditized and treated as disposable. I hope we can find a way to treat every child (and person for that matter) with a basic level of dignity and not treat them as “throwaway” children: out of sight and out of mind whose plights become too painful to think about, so we ignore instead.
I thought The Jungle was supposed to be a remnant of America's dark past before Labor Laws and Unions. Seems all too relevant a century later.
I read The Jungle in high school and remember being horrified that those conditions were ever allowed. When I first read Hannah’s report I really believed it must be limited cases, because of the regulations we had 100 years ago. But no, we have no moral compass and there are enough people willing to take advantage of the most vulnerable in our world in the interest of making profit. Capitalism at any price is a sure path to new forms of slavery.
Is not only the kids that have been explored but Mexican parents too😢
Is there a difference between child labor and child slavery/trafficking? This is sounding more like the latter.
If only the commandment was "honor thy children". If only....
Thank you for highlighting this horrible trend. Children belong in school, unfortunately America has abandoned public education.
Immigrant children come to the IS with the mindset that they are here to work and don't deserve an education or protection. We need this retoric to change. Most of the time they are okay with these jobs because they don't know they have access to anything better ( and most of the time they don't)
Norah and Hannah you are amazing. Thank you for bringing real light to this horrible situation. I want to be part of lasting change
Where are the parents in this abusive mess? They are not just portraying immigrant children, very few fit that mold.
Watch the ep.
Also working overly long hours in fields, factories, etc, struggling to make ends meet
I just wrote to President Biden and sent him this link. I suggest you also write to your Congress person, governor, president. The only way change happens if the light is shined on it!! Now that we are educated about this let's make our voices heard so those who create the laws know we CARE and demand change!!! We need to protect children. Especially unprotected children with no adult parent who can keep them safe! Thanks so much for this important information!! Please share so more people are aware of this travesty. Thank you!
Thank you for this conversation. I was wondering what was behind this.
Because when their lives are expose maybe they want go to jail. Another form of slavery and pay cheap wages .
The American public refuses to pay prices that reflect the accurate costs of production for humane, respectful, documented food production. Our fruits and vegetables should cost a helluva lot more than what they do for the amount of manual labor entailed. Forget USDA Certified Organic, I would prefer to see USDA certified documented and zero labor law violations slapped on every piece of produce, meat, dairy and egg in all US grocers.
Did you see how much the American public flipped out when egg prices increased a few months back? Even at $8/dozen eggs are an amazing protein source and a criminally affordable price.
Enforce the laws, mandate transparency in supply chains. Whole Foods shoppers care more about the treatment of the cows they eat than the treatment of the humans that care for the cow.
I feel like if you raise the prices you raise the poverty level.
But, we do need to bring more production and manufacturing back to the united states.
How can we viewers keep the pressure up?
I refuse to believe there's a labor shortage. It is, as Roy said, a wage shortage as we see profits only go up and CEO paying themselves over 200% than that of a entry level worker.
Everyone should read 'Solito' by Javier Zamora. True story of his child migrant journey to the US.
They (unironically) care very much about families, values and how they can make our children fill the pockets of their posse with that value.
I love Hannah Dreier's reporting and am happy to hear from Lopez, as well. I remember meeting children in HS who lived that migrant labor life.. as well as meeting the twin daughters of onion seed farmers in Idaho. It was something that I, a Long Island suburban kid, could not have imagined happening. That said, if there is a sudden raft of laws flying out in multiple conservative states I would suspect that ALEC or a related organization is behind it with their "model legislation" initiatives.
Wait. TRY to make child labor a criminal offense for the companies? How is it not already? There are laws against it, right? Breaking a law is a criminal offense, in theory. OH YOU MEAN IN REALITY, not the stuff on paper they apply wholly selectively.
What a great piece. Thank you.
In the 1970s the US sent soldiers to latin America to intervene with democracy movements and to ensure cheap labor for fruit and coffee plantations. Now politicians are doing it here. We are becoming a bananna republic.😢
I think democrats should call the United Nations st this point. Loosening child labor laws, hundreds of transfobic laws, gun violence, and more problems.
Too bad the UN can't *do* anything. They can speak against it but have no power of enforcement.
And the UN will do ... what?
You kinda look all across the news stories and so many of the horrific news stories tie back to "Profits over People".
Libertarians can't blame the 11 year old for not having housing if the kid can't hold a full time job.
No one is blaming the kids, ffs. It's about legislators and employers trying to take advantage of kids. The same legislators and employers that have caused stagnant wages, increased prices and the housing crisis. Child labor is NOT a solution. At best it's a festering band-aid put on the gangrenous wound of the US labor market. At worst, it's training our youth to put up with whatever crumbs fall off the table of the wealthy with no hope of a seat at it.
Thank you so much .
This is disgusting and should never happen. We need to clean up our country.
You are awesome roy, i hope you are receiving the strongest consideration for the new host position.
Laws to label the goods made with child labor if we cannot get the big changes passed quickly.
I can't believe we are allowing these politicians do these things.
How did we come to a place where we are letting another human being treat other human like trash and dehumanizing other. This is so sad and should not be happening.
Wow. Thank you.
That's so sad, I wish I was in a place financially to take some kids in!
So PROUD of you 👏 🥰 💛
Great talk
i have been telling people for about 5 years that the 2020's would be just like the 1920's. everyone thought I was crazy.
It's either deportment or clild labor/abuse. Neither is the proper choice.
I've posted before and I'll post it again... I love this man for host
P.S. lovin' that jacket my friend
Matriculation into adulthood? I dunno about that word usage after looking it up..
Excellent.
Why isn't this on the New York Times or Washington Post front page?!?!?!?
Republicans starting the "put them in their place" early.
How can these kids reach out to legal services to get workers permits?
Roy is my favorite.
I don’t understand.
If they need workers for a lot of these food factories/farms, then why do they make such a big deal about “the border” And immigration from south of the border?
I appreciate The Daily Show staff for sharing this video today. Lymphoma caused my godfather to pass away 56 days ago. My day has been much improved by this video.
Hannah write a book about child labor in the US
Hannah write a book about chold labor child labor in the US
Any mix up in the bureaucracy is by design.
Loved the part where the reporter pointed to another "news " source for who is responsible for the labor laws changing, don't bite the hand that feeds your.
This is only a piece of the puzzle, if you don't already follow more perfect union, they go a little deeper into the money trail.
My 12 year old cousin was put to work running tractors on his family farm. Farmers are putting their own children in these positions.
Nails-on-head topics, however many laws do not have payments prepaid. Many ask why doesn't enforcement have laws paid as enforcement occurs.
it's great you're still doing the podcasts for this, Roy, despite the writer's strike... so where canni throw in fare for a cup of coffee for your show?
i stand in solidarity for our writers, but you still need to eat... and feed your family. (you have a gorgeous little baby boy, BTW 🥰)
The description states it was recorded on 26th April before the writer's strike, so they aren't going against the writer's strike. They haven't done any daily show live since then if you check their videos because they support the strike. Hope that clarifies.
Heartbreaking.
Did they gain that many kids in the system that they can profit from them and exploit them in that way. This is a problem and a slavery of children.
Kids are playing Minecraft constantly nowadays. The only reason they're doing this is because they don't have the opportunity to work in a real mine like they want to at 6 years old. We're just trying to make sure that 6-year-old constituents can work in their industry of choice
I hope this is sarcasm.
I was 12 when I started working in the seafood industry. Started out with waking up at 4AM on weekends to shuck oysters for 8 hours, then on weekdays right after school, backing crab till 10PM. Did this till I graduated High School and got a job outside of the seafood industry. I hated it but we were poor in a single mom household.
GOOOOOOOOO Floy Jr.!!
Kids should be in and focused on SCHOOL
In Greed We Trust 💰🛐
Want to point out that when child labor laws were made in the 1930's, that was during the depression. These laws were more about adult unemployment than the moral issues of child labor.
Artificially low food prices are the key to unraveling this whole thing.