Sure would be better to simply legalize millions in order to work legally…BUT GOP would rather sacrifice kids in pursuit of ideological extremism…https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/17/child-labor-meatpacking-department-of-labor/
U.S. fines firm $1.5 million for hiring kids to clean meatpacking plants

Packers Sanitation Services allegedly employed children as young as 13 to use dangerous chemicals to clean 'razor-sharp saws' and other equipment.

The Washington Post