Topic: Hannah Dreyer

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The discussion turns to reports of migrant children working in dangerous industrial jobs, such as tire factories and cereal boxing plants. Carlos Arellano mentions an investigation in Chicago involving underage migrants being sent to work in Michigan. The guests argue that the current system is creating a "permanent underclass" of exploited labor.

Children are reportedly calling government hotlines daily to report abuse, neglect, and trafficking, with some cases involving middle schoolers working in slaughterhouses. Rodas cites a New York Times investigation by Hannah Dreyer that documented a 14-year-old boy in Virginia whose arm was shredded in a Tyson chicken deboner while working an illegal shift.