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Press Release

 

For Immediate Release  
Contact: Dan Gordon <mailto:[email protected]>,
617-651-0841 

Feb. 27, 2023

**We Must Do Better to Protect Migrant Children** 

**WASHINGTON D.C.** 

**- **An investigative piece published in The New York Times
<[link removed]> shows
how unaccompanied migrant children who have crossed the border are
becoming part of "a new economy of exploitation."  

 This afternoon the departments of Labor and Health and Human
Services announced
<[link removed]> new
measures to counter child labor, including expanding services for
unaccompanied migrant children after their release. 

"The exploitation of children is inexcusable and a cruel departure from
our values," said 

**Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the National Immigration
Forum**. "Although federal agencies need to move people through the
system quickly, they must get it right, first and foremost by respecting
human dignity. Protecting children is too important to cut corners. 

"Congress can help too. It must hold the administration accountable and
fund agencies to better screen sponsors and act in children's best
interest.  

"It's good to see the administration's immediate response. That has
to be just the beginning. The Biden administration, Congress and states
should work together toward immediate and longer-term solutions that
keep kids safe and honor our values." 

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