Why would they concentrate on children?
That's very predator like.
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22,638 unaccompanied children have been located so far, and more than 400 sponsors have been arrested. Twenty-seven of the minors were
found dead, either by murder, suicide, or drug overdose, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS.)
"We found children who have been raped," he said. "We're talking about debt bondage, where children are being made to work off debt, trafficking debt. We're talking about children that were brought into situations and then treated like sexual slaves. You know, where children are in horrific environments, just environments that they should not be in, where the sponsor is a heroin dealer and that child winds up dying of a heroin overdose."
While exact figures for the number of unaccompanied children (UC) in prostitution are difficult to quantify due to the clandestine nature of trafficking, recent reports from federal agencies and oversight bodies highlight a significant crisis of exploitation nationwide.
Trafficking Hotspots: Verified abuse cases for unaccompanied children have seen a significant increase in states like Florida and New York since 2021. Nationally, children are being first used in prostitution at an average age of 11 to 14.
Federal investigators discover child trafficking and labor exploitation among thousands of unaccompanied minors released during former President Biden's border crisis.
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