Victims of Human Trafficking Find an Unlikely Champion

Over the past three years, the Trump administration has been taking extraordinary measures to stop human trafficking.

President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order for Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United States, at the White House Summit on Human Trafficking in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

The progressive movement to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did not appear out thin air. The movement, and the recent protests which have accompanied it, intensified and entered the mainstream after controversy arose over the Trump administration’s family separation policy.

Progressives specifically advocating for the dismantling of ICE are concerned with possible human rights abuses which may have occurred with children and families at the border. For a group that emphasizes the search for missing children, however, they have been largely silent about the Trump administration’s efforts to recover missing and exploited children and address the human trafficking crisis at the U.S. Southern border.

President Donald Trump and his administration have taken a fierce and bold approach in the fight against human trafficking. Since taking office, Trump has signed nearly ten pieces of bipartisan legislation to combat human trafficking domestically and internationally.

“I’ve signed nine pieces of bipartisan legislation aimed specifically at combatting human trafficking domestically and around the globe.” President Trump said during the White House…