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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110715114032im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media/images/photographs/2009_US_CRD_thumb.jpg" border="0"/></a>The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act) would update US law to ensure that all working children are protected equally. 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