human trafficking

He then added: "When there are babies and children put into that position by human trafficking gangs who are coming across the Channel with skin burns from the oil in those boats, mixing with the salt sea water, I would ask any of you to look at those babies and children and say go back where you came from."

That activist tradition has continued, with each year given a theme, ranging from "Stop Human Trafficking" to "Loud and Queer".

Agents who typically focus on drug and human trafficking are seeing their duties shifted to immigration enforcement.

The administration also accused Abrego Garcia of human trafficking because, in late 2022, he was pulled over while driving in a car with eight other Hispanic men.

At the time, any inference of human trafficking rested entirely on circumstantial evidence and racial profiling.