America’s wide open southern border has become a green light for human traffickers, allowing them to operate freely within the United States moving victims across state lines and into a life of consistent abuse. Despite claims from the White House that ending human trafficking is a priority, this administration’s immigration policies have only fueled the problem. By neglecting border security measures and failing to remove these bad actors from our communities, the Biden administration has effectively transformed the U.S. into a fertile breeding ground for criminal cartels hoping to profit off sex and labor trafficking. It should come as no surprise that the trafficking of persons is a $150 billion global enterprise encompassing sex trafficking, forced labor, and organ trafficking.
In contrast to the administration’s complacency, CPAC’s Center for Combating Human Trafficking stands as a way to help fight against this rise in lawlessness. The center is dedicated to protecting victims, holding traffickers accountable, and collaborating with NGOs and law enforcement agencies to keep the most vulnerable safe. By prioritizing victim protection and active intervention, CPAC aims to help advocate for real change – that not only puts criminal traffickers away, but ensure survivors have a second chance in life.
But we can only do so much, without meaningful policy reforms to address the rampant illegal immigration, open border policies will continue to perpetuate the suffering of victims while making traffickers bolder to operate freely. It is time for action to protect those most in need and hold traffickers accountable for their crimes. With the administration turning a blind eye to the vulnerabilities at the border, traffickers have been handed a golden opportunity to operate without fear or consequence. CPAC aims to change this by shining a light on the criminals who abuse the current system and through supporting State and local law enforcement in their efforts to root out networks of abuse throughout the country. Thankfully, success in the fight to end modern day slavery is not far out of reach – by closing the southern border and enforcing the law on cartels operating in the United States, we can achieve an American solution to the global problem of trafficking.
