Parts of the US are going to have at least the same sort of labour shortage problems as we in the UK do post-Brexit if they carry on putting immigrants off coming to work in the US, let alone the whole forcibly deporting anyone who looks a bit foreign cruel and unusual strategy.

Well, except that Ron DeSantis and his Florida posse have got a novel idea to solve the issue.

The galaxy-brained idea is to…drum roll…promote formerly-illegal child labour. Who needs those woke 20th century laws preventing five-year olds working their statutory 25 hour days down the mines?

From CNN’s write up:

The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days