Trafficking expert recounts migrant girl’s abuse under Biden-Harris policies that lost track of 300K kids: ‘Not an isolated case’

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Posted on 11/19/2024 5:37:56 PM PST by Libloather

A human trafficking expert railed against the Biden-Harris administration on Capitol Hill Tuesday for losing track of more than 320,000 migrant children, sharing a horrific tale of one girl’s abuse as an example of the “dangerous loopholes” that have led to widespread exploitation.

Alicia Hopper, who has provided oversight to non-governmental groups and other organizations being exploited by human traffickers for sex or forced labor, told members of the House Homeland Security Committee that federal agencies tasked with securing the border have instead turned it into “a trafficking pipeline.”

“As a Hispanic mother, this crisis is deeply personal to me,” said Hopper, who consults for Sadulski Enterprises, LLC. “The very system meant to protect vulnerable children has become a trafficking pipeline.”

“A young girl who arrived at the border in the custody of individuals claiming to be her family was bruised, disoriented and in pain,” she recounted. “Medical examinations revealed that she had been raped, yet she was sent back to her abusers because no verification was done to confirm her guardianship.”

“This is not an isolated case,” Hopper added, “but a glaring error of the system leaving children in the hands of those who exploit them.”

Under President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, more than 529,000 migrant children have entered the US, according to Customs and Border Protection data.

As many as 291,000 were loose in the country’s interior as of May 2024 and had not been given a date to appear in immigration court –giving federal authorities no way to track their whereabouts, a shocking Department of Homeland Security watchdog report revealed in August.

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1 posted on 11/19/2024 5:37:56 PM PST by Libloather

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