Throwing Stats Against the Wall: The Trump Administration and Trafficking

Speaker for the Living 'Human Trafficking' Podcast

The Trump Administration claims a humanitarian crisis at the “southern border as human traffickers victimize countless women and children.” JJ examines what Trump has said about human trafficking and at looks Trump administration policies, including the wall, and how their claims compare to statistics.

Sources:

• Remarks: Donald Trump Discusses Human Trafficking and the Border – February 1, 2019, Factbase
• Human Trafficking News, US Department of Justice
• Thirty-Six Defendants Guilty For Their Roles In International Thai Sex Trafficking Organization, US State Attorney’s Office District of Minnesota
• Texas couple convicted of keeping African girl as slave for 16 years, Independent
• Interview: Donald Trump Interviewed by Margaret Brennan on CBS’s Face the Nation – February 3, 2019, Factbase
• Tim Ballard: I’ve fought sex trafficking at the border. This is why we need a wall, Desert News
• 2018 TIP Report, United States, US Department of State
• Attorney General TIP Report FY2017, Scribd
• Speech: Donald Trump Delivers the State of the Union – February 5, 2019, Factbase
• The Human Trafficking Legal Center
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• Leader of Virginia Sex Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison, NBC Washington
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• Photo: Wikipedia