Trump is Delivering a Major Blow to Human Traffickers

Originally published by Washington Examiner.

Despite historic progress in securing the border under the Trump administration, human trafficking remains a global crisis. However, strengthened state and local partnerships — combined with decisive action from the administration — have driven meaningful progress since last year.

On any given day, an estimated 27.6 million people are victims of trafficking worldwide. In the United States, the full scale of the crisis remains difficult to measure, as these crimes often occur in underground or illicit markets. Still, estimates indicate that between 14,000 and 17,000 foreign nationals are trafficked into the country each year, while more than 1 million victims are trafficked within the U.S. annually.

New research published by the America First Policy Institute’s America Combats Trafficking initiative demonstrates that Trump’s Labor Department is targeting illegal labor and work visa abuse at record levels, eclipsing the previous administration’s DOL by orders of magnitude.

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