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Underage and Unprotected

The Flaws in the Systems to Protect Migrant Teens

New Bedford’s waterfront.

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Nina Sparling
Nadine Sebai
Bruce Gil

September 19, 2023

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A patchwork of state and federal agencies are tasked with protecting migrant teen workers from exploitation, but they rely on approaches to uncovering violations that regulators themselves acknowledge are flawed.

Listen to the second part of the investigation by The Public’s Radio:

The Public’s Radio · Underage and Unprotected, Part II

Part I | Part III

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Nina Sparling

Reporter for The Public's Radio, The Public's Radio

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nsparling@thepublicsradio.org
Nadine Sebai

Reporter for The Public's Radio, The Public's Radio

Bruce Gil, FRONTLINE/Newmark Tow Journalism Fellow
Bruce Gil

Former Digital Reporter, FRONTLINE

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