(DC Pundit) – Youth sex trafficking surged threefold under the Biden administration, a report from TheFreePress.com reveals. The increase in cases occurred during the leadership of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, according to the report.
The publication highlighted some of the severe abuses faced by young migrants, which it attributed to the more lenient border policies overseen by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The article explained that many young migrants, often indebted to smugglers and traffickers, are coerced into prostitution. If these debts remain unpaid, their families back home risk losing their homes or farms to creditors.
The rising number of youth sex trafficking cases was documented by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after The Free Press requested the data under the Freedom of Information Act. This agency is tasked with issuing Certification and Eligibility Letters to children and youth who seek aid after escaping trafficking.
“Numerous young girls will no longer be raped, sexually exploited and beaten by the individuals arrested during this operation thanks to the efforts made by our partners at the Houston Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, Homeland Security Investigations and the agencies who make up the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance,” said FBI Houston acting Special Agent in Charge David Martinez.
“Tragically, hundreds more underage sex trafficking victims won’t be rescued because we do not know about them. Without the public’s help, tormented sex trafficking victims remain in the clutches of manipulative criminals who seek only to enrich themselves at the expense of vulnerable juveniles.”
In 2021, HHS issued 1,143 such letters, followed by 2,226 in 2022, and 2,148 in 2023. These figures were recorded under the Biden administration’s policies led by Mayorkas. No data has been released since early September 2023.
The total number of letters issued since October 2020 stands at 5,517, averaging 1,837 per year. By contrast, during former President Donald Trump’s administration, the average number of letters issued annually was 562, significantly lower than the figures recorded under the Biden administration.
YOUTH SEX TRAFFICKING TRIPLES during the past several years. (NOTE: The data here represent just the small number of young people who escaped from their savage captors & asked the government for help.) This is beyond sickening – it's pure evil. And it's avoidable. For G-d's sake… pic.twitter.com/b4Wi6TLsgY
— Dr. Michael Guillén (@DrMGuillen) October 15, 2024
According to the report, the number of youth trafficking cases under Biden and Mayorkas is three times the adult caseload.
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