Child Labor is a Bad Solution

If you think having kids work overnight shifts or without meal breaks is a good idea, you should take a moment and think about how you got there.

Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs.

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state legislature have a potential solution: children.

Jordan Valinsky

Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants (CNN)