"As Florida officials enable Trump’s mass deportation policies, lawmakers in the state are looking to children to take on some of the jobs that have typically been done by immigrants.

Making its way through the state Senate is a new law, Senate Bill 918, that aims to loosen child labor laws and allow teenagers to work overnight shifts."

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-child-labor-law-sb-918-rcna198275

"After her husband was unexpectedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine check-in, a Fountain Valley woman became a single mother overnight and worries the father of her toddler may be removed from the U.S."

https://abc7.com/post/vietnamese-father-husband-fountain-valley-resident-is-held-detention-center-being-detained-ice/16088116/

“He took information that was publicly available but labor-intensive to compile, and did something nobody else was doing...I don’t know if he expected this second career to make him basically the world’s only credible public source on U.S. deportation flights, just as they were becoming part of one of the United States’ biggest national news stories.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/ice-flight-tracker-deportations/682226/

TOMORROW
#LABOR & COMMUNITY MASS ACTION
Northwest Detention Center
1623 East J St #Tacoma WA 98412
Thursday March 27 5:30pm
In support of detained #Immigrant #Union #Workers
#ShutdownNWDC #LaResistencia
#EvergreenResistance

#Swedish media must get better at covering #immigrant perspectives

https://www.thelocal.se/20250326/opinion-swedish-media-must-get-better-at-covering-immigrant-perspectives

Swedish journalists excel at portraying the victims of immigration crackdowns in other countries – but domestic coverage leaves a lot to be desired, The Local’s Paul O’Mahony argues.

Holy shit

#DeSantis admits that the #WorkerShortages created by anti-#immigrant laws need to be eased by putting teenagers to work by relaxing #ChildLabor protection standards.

#USpol #law #immigration #economy #Trump

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302704319.html