The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to discuss how to prevent abuse of unaccompanied minors at the border after Senate Democrats linked the Labor Department’s lack of resources to child labor law violations earlier this summer.

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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) will preside over the hearing titled “Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Unaccompanied Children.” It will be the second hearing this year regarding unaccompanied minor safety.

Democratic lawmakers are pushing to increase the Department of Labor budget, while Republicans suggest Biden administration’s immigration policy is partly to blame.

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The hearing is scheduled to start at 10 a.m., and it will take place in the Dirksen Senate Office.