Federal Investigation into Meat Plants Employing Migrant Children for Dangerous Overnight Work

Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods chicken plants in Virginia are under federal investigation for allegedly employing migrant children as young as 13 to clean dangerous equipment during overnight shifts.
A 14-year-old boy named Marcos Crux lost his arm in a conveyor belt accident while working overnight at a Perdue plant.
The children were employed through a contracted cleaning company, Fayette Industrial, to work shifts from midnight to 5am.
The 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Act allows unaccompanied minors to enter the U.S., leading to an influx of migrant children seeking work.
This follows a May investigation finding a sanitation company hired 102 kids to clean meat processing plants, where some suffered chemical burns.

Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods chicken plants in Virginia are under federal investigation for allegedly employing migrant children as young as 13 to clean dangerous equipment during overnight shifts.
A 14-year-old boy named Marcos Crux lost his arm in a conveyor belt accident while working overnight at a Perdue plant.
The children were employed through a contracted cleaning company, Fayette Industrial, to work shifts from midnight to 5am.
The 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Act allows unaccompanied minors to enter the U.S., leading to an influx of migrant children seeking work.
This follows a May investigation finding a sanitation company hired 102 kids to clean meat processing plants, where some suffered chemical burns.