Behind a $13 shirt, a $6-an-hour worker

[Igel]

3. The regs are there.

State and federal. Note that they filed claims in court. That wasn't, "Help, make up something based on compassion to give us a break." It was, "These people are breaking the law."

Enforcement is the problem.

And for many who distrust the enforcers and their ability to protect them, even on-site visits wouldn't be enough. Instead we'd have to treat each employer as a lawbreaker on a consistent basis, and having the enforcers show that much distrust and enmity towards the citizen population it's supposed to be policing is something we've already tried and generally found not so great.