"THE BORDER IS OPEN": BORDER PATROL WIFE, CHILD TRAFFICKING EXPERT, FENTANYL MOM TESTIFY ON HUMAN COST OF BORDER CRISIS

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"Would you agree that this is one of the worst human trafficking events of your lifetime?"

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"On day one, this administration rescinded a policy that was working. It was called Remain in Mexico. And you know how political asylum works. They couldn't touch base in the U.S. There was no catch and release. 85% don't qualify, 15% do--and it worked. On day one it was rescinded, and guess what happens? The floodgates [open]…When the kids get here, guess what? They have no legal status, so where do they go?"

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"A lot of times these sponsors have maybe 15 different children. And guess what they're doing? Sex trafficking. They are bringing it now inside the United States of America. And guess what? Where do the young boys typically go? They don't have a home, maybe they have a sponsor, but guess what happens to them."

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"And the boys, I would argue, go to MS-13, where they have to pay back their debt to the cartels. This is a racket, and it's sanctioned by this administration…Would you agree with that?"

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