Duvan Tomas Perez, 16, was killed when he was pulled into a piece of machinery he was cleaning at Mississippi’s Mar-Jac Poultry. NBC’s Julia Ainsley reports.
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Naw it’s his fault. 16 is old enough to know. 16 year olds are legally allowed to drive and a automobile is also a dangerous machine.
There’s absolutely no hope left in this world at all!
My son is a 16 year old Guatemalan
This makes me feel so sick to my stomach.
That poor kid.
Out there trying to make money and be independent.
This place only wants warm bodies to get the job done.
They do not care at all about their employees.
This kid told them he was 32 and he was 16 They believed him?
They just didn’t care.🤮🤮
I love my little Zacky.
I got him a job in a hospital where I know he’s safe.
Hey!!!! These companies keep on saying they don't know the age of the children working. Not long ago several children, under 16, were found working graveyard shift with chemicals. They hired kids that obviously looked like children. 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Are these companies in cahoots with the smugglers? Are they turning a blind eye????
All these big companies knowingly hire immigrant children to clean the small parts in the machinery. Everyone who works there knows. Don’t let them lie any more.
Maybe if they pay able adults a decent wage. They would have tragic stories like this. I call BS on the excuse "i didn't know he was a minor".
If they didn't know, it was willful ignorance.
No, these are illegals despetate to be in this country and wanting a job, he had fake papers showing he was older. Very sad but it is not the fault of the company or staffing agent. So now what you’re going to grant the family in Guatamala millions of dollars an amnesty to come to the U.S.
It is always a tragedy when someone dies in a preventable death.
They certainly didn't follow procedure: https://youtu.be/GUJ4vI-JA88
Sounds like he was murdered
🥀🕊️RIP🕊️🥀
That's horrible!
Bidens union needs kid workers
The boy looks 16 to me. Too bad the executives at the plant aren’t better at recognizing children when they’re being exploited. Where else are they exploiting children?
This is so terribly terribly awful!
Sad that ByeDen says
there are no illegal migrants in the United States.
The border is secure says ByeDen.
ByeDen says there is no human trafficking.
All is fine says ByeDen.
ByeDen says America needs workers.
All is fine says ByeDen.
Reporter to ByeDen: “Mr.President,
what do you have to say about the teen?”
“Nothing.
We have lots of job openings.
Best years ever for job seekers.”
Then walks away.
Wow. Maybe he should have stayed in Guatemala.
Fetuses are protected by the state of Mississippi. Children? Not so much.
This is why the right hates abortion… they want them in dangerous jobs like this.
I do believe this is horrid!
However,
Most 16 Year olds in America recieve their First drivers licesens
and
are opporating a vehicle on our Freeways.
I've been working since I'm sixteen, you people are making our teens soft, accidents happen to all age groups
Illegals often work under horrid conditions.
Well done as always libs.
literal chicken fingers
for real though, super tragic
This child looked like a child, not a 32 yr old man.
If Trump was president he would still be alive
We don't use child labor.
Why was the machine on?
Should he have been wearing gloves? That's a big no-no around certain machines.
I'm not blaming the victim, I'm questioning the safety standards at the plant.
He was 16. He wasn't a "child" and I'm pretty sure he wanted to work …. R.I.P.