its toll it s very tiring and also because of th sleepiness pager works for packe sanitation services ink, o pssi 100 children, some as young as 13, working illegally. as part of it settlement, pssi pleasure would no longer hir children, and pay them 1.5 million dollar fine, a tin fraction of its revenues nationwide, children were fire at multiple pssi locations according to some compan employees. but pedro is still on the job, a dangerous job. like other child workers, he told us he had been severely burned from powerful cleanin come pickles i noticed you were coughing is that from the chemicals translator: yes, it s because the chemicals ar strong pedro says he fled povert in guatemala two years ago
he relied on the smuggler to illegally cross the u.s. border, and bring him here alone t find a job he says he sends almost all of his salary to his parents more than 2000 miles away translator: they a lot of people here who wil spend the money as they please and they hardly pssi would not grant an interview, but it says it uses the governments ever fay system to confirm employee work eligibility and suggest responsibility lies with underage employees that to see the company about their age. pedro told us he used fake papers that say he is an adult to get the job these kids are living i fear these kids will do anything. pastor joel davidson says h knows of more than a dozen children, mainly guatemalans who are told by their smuggler and the people they live wit they had no choice but to clea slaughterhouses at night you wish you could take all over - and figure out a way to le
number of other children as you know, the labor department found more than 100 children working for pssi. and now we also know that dh investigating multiple companies tied to th meatpacking industries it s not just as one person. it s not even just as on company. in this case too he did come through the border unaccompanied, which means h went through the hands of th government, from hhs, and then was handed over to a sponsor now is that sponsor able t take care of him if he ends up in the situation he says he lives with relative who is charging him rent this is not uncommon when i speak to a lot of immigration attorneys, they say, this is not uncommon in fact, this is how a lot o people - a lot of children who come her on accompanied - have to work and it is easier under u.s immigration law to come in a an unaccompanied child rathe than to come in as an adult or as part of a family, especiall with - restrictions that are still in place. - with his parents, they can potentially work