2-Year-Old Migrant Traveling Alone Is Stopped At Border, Tells Agents She’s Looking For Her Parents In U.S.

OAN Staff Blake Wolf
11:00 a.m. – Monday, November 25, 2024

Recently released heartbreaking video footage shows a two-year-old girl from El Salvador traveling alone near the border, showing how vulnerable children are easily crossed over by foreign criminal organizations. The worrying reality of human trafficking has become clear.

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A Homeland Security Inspector General report released in August found that under the Biden administration, 320,000 migrant children went “missing” after being released to “eligible sponsors,” sex trafficking, They revealed that they are at risk of becoming victims of forced labor and forced labor. There are many other potential exploits.

Meanwhile, the 2-year-old girl seen in the video that surfaced reportedly crossed the border into Maverick County, Texas, along with 200 other illegal immigrants and 60 unaccompanied minors, ICE said. did.

Video released by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows border officials asking the girl a number of questions. The girl was traveling alone, carrying only a piece of paper with her name and phone number written on it, revealing that she was “looking” for her “parents in the United States.”

“This is a dangerous journey for children from their home countries and how criminal organizations are transporting them across the southern border and into the interior,” said Lt. Chris Olivares, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. “This is a clear example of human trafficking.” With X.

“Regardless of political views, it is unacceptable for children to be exposed to dangerous criminal trafficking networks. With record numbers of unaccompanied children and hundreds of thousands of people missing, No one but the men and women working on the front lines guarantees the safety and security of these children. Despite years of criticism, many are exploited and trafficked, never to be seen again. The reality is that voices are not being heard,” he added.

Additionally, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) criticized the Biden-Harris administration for allowing children to be smuggled into the United States.

“Where is @KamalaHarris? @SecMayorkas? @JoeBiden? This administration is complicit in the trafficking and smuggling of innocent children into our country. This is heartbreaking,” she wrote.