Reuters learned of underage workers at the Hyundai-owned supplier following the brief disappearance in February of a Guatemalan migrant child from her family’s home in Alabama.

The girl, who turns 14 this month, and her two brothers, aged 12 and 15, all worked at the plant earlier this year and weren’t going to school, according to people familiar with their employment. Their father, Pedro Tzi, confirmed these people’s account in an interview with Reuters.

makes you wonder how common this is in other plants and facilities, especially the ones with organizational disconnect between themselves and their parent companies. it’s sort of the worst kept secret in america that this under-the-table stuff is how a lot of agricultural jobs get filled (either by children or undocumented adults) and i’m sure this has to also be the case to a lesser extent for other not-desirable jobs like this