SunflowerandSpice

ALT A quote from Xavier Becerra, the U.S. health and human services secretary, according to a recording of a staff meeting last summer obtained by The New York Times reads: “If Henry Ford had seen this in his plants, he would have never become famous and rich. This is not the way you do an assembly line.”

ALT A quote from Carolina Yoc, a 15-year-old who is working 17-hour days in a cereal factory after crossing the southern border alone last year, reads: “I didn’t have expectations about what life would be like here, but it’s not what I imagined.”

ALT A quote from Nery Cutzal, who was 13 when he met his sponsor — who would later threaten him and keep a list of debts for food, clothes and government paperwork — on Facebook Messenger, reads: “He said I would be able to go to school and he would take care of me, but it was all lies.”

ALT A headline reads: “Times Investigation: Migrant children are exploited across the U.S., processing products for major brands and retailers.” A list reads: “Ben & Jerry’s; Cheerios; Cheetos; Chewy granola bars; Ford; Fruit of the Loom; General Motors; Lucky Charms; Nature Valley granola bars; J. Crew; Target; Walmart; and Whole Foods.”