U.S. Immigration Policy and Human Trafficking: Two Sides of the Same Coin

U.S. Immigration Policy and Human Trafficking: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Introduction 

It is no secret border security has grown stricter at the United States-Mexico border recently. The U.S. has roughly 700 miles of fencing along the border, record levels of immigration and customs staff, and exponential growth in immigration spend.1 Current immigration policies have been touted by supporters as beneficial, including through their prevention of human trafficking. However, key immigration policies such as increased border security and the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) have had the opposite effect–making traffickers’ jobs easier. 

Human trafficking, the “crime of using force, fraud, or coercion to compel an individual to work or to engage in a commercial sex act,”2 is the world’s second-largest criminal industry, generating an estimated $150 billion annually.

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Cleveland Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison Following Convictions of Sex Trafficking, Production of Child Pornography and Shooting at Federal Agents

Cleveland Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison Following Convictions of Sex Trafficking, Production of Child Pornography and Shooting at Federal Agents

Reuben Rankin, 36, of Cleveland, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker to 40 years in federal prison and ordered to pay special assessments of $5,500 following his convictions at trial of sex trafficking of a minor, production of child pornography, assaulting a federal agent with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and felon in possession of a firearm.

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2021 Federal Human Trafficking Report is Now Available

2021 Federal Human Trafficking Report is Now Available

The 2021 Federal Human Trafficking Report was released today on our website. The Report, a project of HTI, is a continuation of HTI’s efforts to provide comprehensive data about every criminal human trafficking case filed in the federal courts each year. 

This year the Report features additions like more data on victims identified in federal cases and more information about defendants, as well as new data fields like locations where victims are commonly recruited, how victims are transported, pre-existing relationships between traffickers and victims prior to recruitment, and methods through which human trafficking cases are referred to law enforcement.

In exciting news, we are also launching a new website with interactive data dashboards from the Report.

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Rep. Chris Smith Calls ‘Modern Slavery’ of Human Trafficking a Pro-Life Issue

Rep. Chris Smith Calls ‘Modern Slavery’ of Human Trafficking a Pro-Life Issue

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A child trapped in the world of human trafficking.

The congressman from New Jersey said up to 30 million people a year are trafficked.

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Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers are Helping Women Victimized by Sex trafficking

Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers are Helping Women Victimized by Sex trafficking

A growing body of evidence shows that Planned Parenthood isn’t just looking the other way when it comes to sex trafficking. They actually partner with sexual predators by aborting the evidence while cashing in.

Human sex trafficking has reached alarming levels in America and is literally all around us. That’s why a concerted effort to stop it is so important. Would it surprise you to find out that pro-lifers are in a battle to stand in the gap, protecting women and their babies from this insidious cartel?

Heartbeat International is an umbrella group that serves thousands of pro-life pregnancy help centers around the world.

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Sex Trafficking Conspiracy Leader Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison

Sex Trafficking Conspiracy Leader Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison

U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Joshua Lankford a/k/a “20-20”, a/k/a “Light Bright”, a/k/a “Yellow”, age 33, of Federalsburg, Maryland, to 17 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for kidnapping in relation to a sex trafficking conspiracy.

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Generosity in action: Crisis unites Hungarians to common cause

Generosity in action: Crisis unites Hungarians to common cause

BUDAPEST, Hungary (CNS) — As thousands of refugees from Ukraine continue to cross over the Hungarian border, Budapest’s Keleti train station has become a central hub on their paths to escape violence and search for some sense of normalcy amid the chaos.

For the past two weeks, religious and other charitable organizations such as Caritas Hungary, the Knights of Malta and the Red Cross have distributed food, clothing and other items to the continuous waves of refugees coming through the station, which is always crowded.

The hustle and bustle at the station was no different March 12, as the various charities distributed much-needed food and basic materials not only to refugees from Ukraine, but also to the city’s poor and homeless who arrived at the station seeking help.

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Meta, Twitter, Netflix on ‘Dirty Dozen’ list for enabling exploitation

Meta, Twitter, Netflix on ‘Dirty Dozen’ list for enabling exploitation

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Some familiar brand names were put on the newest “Dirty Dozen” list of companies by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation for enabling exploitation.

Those names include Google Search, Netflix, Twitter, Meta and Visa.

Netflix and Twitter are repeats from 2021, as are Reddit and OnlyFans. Others making the list, released March 8, are Etsy, Kik, Verisign and Kanakuk Kamps.

“We oppose all forms of sexual abuse and exploitation,” said Lina Nealon, director of corporate and strategic initiatives for the center, during a video call announcing the 2022 version of the Dirty Dozen.

“Last year, the majority of the list were tech companies,” Nealon said, as they “reap soaring revenue without making substantive changes” to deter exploitation.

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Breaking Down Global Estimates of Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking Awareness Month 2022

There are many estimates of trafficking prevalence cited by various sources, so it can be difficult to know what trafficking looks like around the world. The most commonly used and widely recognized prevalence estimate was published in 2017 by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The Global Estimates of Modern Slavery estimate how many people are held in forms of human trafficking and forced marriage in all regions of the world. The study approximates how many people were victims of trafficking on any given day in 2016.

This data is incredibly useful for anti-trafficking organizations looking to raise awareness of just how vast the human trafficking problem is throughout the world.

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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking By Force, Fraud, And Coercion

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Henry Lee White, III (27, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion and to possessing ammunition as a convicted a felon. White faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 15, 2022.

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New Republican Bill Would Require Abortion Clinics to Report Sex Trafficking

New Republican Bill Would Require Abortion Clinics to Report Sex Trafficking

Legislation proposed by Rep. Ted Budd of North Carolina would require abortion providers to file a report with the National Human Trafficking Hotline if they suspect a patient at the clinic is a victim of human trafficking.

The Daily Signal first obtained a copy of the legislation, the Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act of 2022, which requires that abortion providers notify the hotline no later than 24 hours after consulting with a patient if they have “a reasonable suspicion that the patient is a victim of trafficking.”

Should the bill be enacted into law, those abortion providers who violate the act could be fined $10,000, imprisoned for up to six months, or both.

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Human Trafficking: The Hidden Tragedy

Human Trafficking: The Hidden Tragedy

November is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. It focuses attention on one of the worst assaults against Personhood, sex trafficking. In fact, the buying and selling of people is one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world.

Sex trafficking preys on women, young girls, and boys enslaving them in a nightmare situation often with little hope of escape.

The tragedy is made worse by COVID lockdowns, which force school children to spend more time online, a favorite site for sex traffickers.

Because it operates in the shadows accurate numbers are impossible to obtain, but it is estimated that nearly 25 million men, women, and children around the world are the victims of this evil.

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SWGA Pair Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking a Runaway Teen

SWGA Pair Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking a Runaway Teen

MACON, Ga. – Two defendants guilty of trafficking a runaway Middle Georgia teen, forcing the victim to engage in sexual acts for food and shelter, have been sentenced to federal prison for their crimes. Demetrius Hunter aka Red, 39, of Albany, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 240 months in federal prison to be followed by 25 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to sex trafficking of children and co-defendant Tamara Taylor aka Coco, 30, of Albany, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to use of facilities in interstate and foreign commerce to transmit information about a minor.
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