With the arrival of thousands of immigrants to New York, it has become increasingly common to see minors selling candy or drinks on the subway and in tourist areas such as Times Square.
Many of them accompany their parents, while others have been caught alone offering the products.
Some parents claim that they do it because they have no one to take care of them; However, there are those who are unaware that this could get them into trouble.
Analy Rojas, from the Voces Latinas organization, explains what risks parents are exposed to if authorities see minors working with them in the middle of the school season.
“It could possibly be that they lose custody of the children, because they are exposing them to the streets when they should be in schools,” explained Rojas.
Separately, Katherine Vélez, also from Voces Latinas, comments that many of them do not know how to enroll their children in the educational system.
“Many of them do not know how to enroll their children in school, they do not know that many public schools have daycare centers,” he indicated.
Jessica Ramos, senator from New York, indicated that they allocated funds to help undocumented parents with a child care program. However, the program has not come into effect.
“At the beginning of this year we included funding to expand our child care program to include undocumented children for the first time. however, the program has not gone into effect yet,” she said.
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