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Human trafficking

The concern that unaccompanied children may be vulnerable to human trafficking due to lack of tracking.

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Jan 14, 2026
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What is the process for ICE to identify and rescue child victims of human trafficking?

ICE’s process to identify and rescue child victims of human trafficking centers on Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) using a “victim‑centered” framewo...

Jan 27, 2026
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What did the 2016 Senate Permanent Subcommittee report say about protections for unaccompanied migrant children?

The report concluded that the , through its , had serious procedural failures that left vulnerable to trafficking, exploitation and other abuse when placed with sponsors, and it directed multiple fede...

Feb 6, 2026

How have ICD-10 trafficking diagnosis codes changed law enforcement and public health data collection?

The introduction of -specific for in 2018–2019 created a standardized clinical marker intended to let health systems, public health researchers, and policymakers quantify trafficking-related care and ...

Feb 5, 2026

Has DHS, HHS, or ICE publicly released documentation verifying the recovery of unaccompanied children since the OIG report?

No public, agency-issued dataset or formal documentation confirming the of the specific unaccompanied children flagged in the management alert has been identified in the reporting provided; the OIG’s ...

Feb 4, 2026

How does NCMEC determine whether a CyberTipline report qualifies as 'imminent danger'?

labels a CyberTipline report “” through a combination of statutory standards, automated-system flags and human analysts who assess whether facts or circumstances indicate a planned or immediate threat...

Feb 4, 2026

Are there any unaccompanied migrant children who came in under the biden administration, whose whereabouts are unknown

— official reports and congressional overseers show that large numbers of unaccompanied migrant children who arrived during the are not accounted for in routine federal tracking systems, but experts a...

Feb 4, 2026

Have any known Epstein survivors made allegations about other young girls being tortured or murdered?

Several known survivors of have publicly alleged that they were physically tortured or forced to endure sadistic abuse, and some survivors’ accounts and contain allegations that girls were who inflict...

Feb 4, 2026

What proportion of border child-trafficking reports in 2024 involved organized criminal groups?

Available 2024-era reporting establishes that organized criminal groups play a visible and often central role in child-trafficking flows at and across the border, but none of the provided sources supp...

Feb 2, 2026

How many children have been rescued homeland security

There is no single, publicly stated total in the supplied materials that answers how many children “have been rescued” by DHS or its components; DHS documents highlight individual operations, programm...

Jan 23, 2026

What investigations have examined whether immigration enforcement operations deter trafficking victims from seeking help?

Federal agencies have both investigated and acknowledged the tension between : and frame many programs as “victim-centered” and describe screening and immigration remedies intended to encourage report...

Jan 20, 2026

How did social circles and elite events facilitate Maxwell's access to vulnerable young women?

Ghislaine Maxwell used her position inside exclusive social networks and at elite gatherings to create recruitment, grooming and legitimizing pathways that brought vulnerable young women into Jeffrey ...

Jan 7, 2026

Can local police share driver's license data with ICE without a warrant?

Local law enforcement can and do share driver’s license and license-plate location data with ICE in many places without a federal warrant, but whether that sharing is lawful depends on a patchwork of ...