Washington DC – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (Republican, Tennessee) said today: Laws to stop child trafficking nowDNA testing will be required to determine the relationship between illegal immigrants crossing the border and the children accompanying them.

It’s been since the Biden administration. reportedly Last week, we ended all DNA family testing at the border on May 31, 2023.

Senators Blackburn include Senators Bill Haggerty (R-Tn.), Senators Tom Tillis (R-Utah), Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Cindy Hyde-Smith. (Republican, Michigan) and Senator Ted Cruz (Republican, Texas). , Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Steve Danes (R-Mont), Bill Cassidy (R-Rari), John Hoven (RN.D.) . Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) introduced a related bill to the US House of Representatives.

“as much as you want 30% The number of children whose DNA tests reveal that they are not related to illegal immigrants posing as family members. Meanwhile, drug cartels and gangs are using minors to pretend they are a family unit and seeking asylum at the southern border. ” Senator Blackburn said. “The Biden administration’s decision to halt all DNA family testing is a grave mistake that not only endangers the safety of the American people, but increases the number of trafficked immigrant children. It helps stop criminals and protect children from exploitation, which we can all support.”

“The deteriorating southern border empowers cartels, traffickers and smugglers to exploit innocent children.” Senator Hagerty said. “Human smugglers pair children with single adults so they can enter the country on a family basis. It includes common sense safeguards to prevent child trafficking by cartels. “

“Unaccompanied children are crossing the southern border with the help of strangers and cartel members, increasing the risk of sexual abuse and trafficking.” Senator Tillis said. “This is totally unacceptable and the Biden administration’s response has been extremely inadequate. This law is a common-sense, humanitarian reform that will help prevent innocent children from being abused.”

“The Biden administration’s decision to stop DNA family testing protects vulnerable children who are too often trafficked across borders by sex traffickers, gang members and other bad actors. It defies due diligence and common sense in that it Senator Hyde Smith said. “This bill would be a step in strengthening border security and helping children.”

“Cartels are trafficking millions of illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, exploiting every loophole in our law to do so.” said Senator Cruz. “A DNA test can confirm whether the child is really traveling with relatives or is being sold into slavery. Together, we are proud to fight for the human rights of those being trafficked and against multi-billion dollar human trafficking cartel networks.”

“The failure to secure the southern border has sparked a humanitarian crisis and a tragic green light for the trafficking of innocent children. DNA testing can address this problem and ensure that unaccompanied minors are not used as pawns by illegal border crossers. increase.” Senator Ernst said.

“Biden’s open-border crisis is also a humanitarian crisis, with children being used and abused by cartels and others to take advantage of immigration laws. It’s time to stop Senator Danes said.

‘The crisis on the southern border won’t end anytime soon’ Dr. Cassidy said. “The doors are open for traffickers and cartels. The End Child Trafficking Now Act will stop Biden from lifting protective measures against children, such as family DNA testing.”

“I have been to the southern border many times over the last few years. We need to stop the illegal immigration crisis.” said Senator Hoeven. “Children are being trafficked at the border by individuals who claim to have family ties to abuse immigration laws. This humanitarian crisis needs to be stopped. ICE and CBP officials said: We agree that rapid DNA testing will deter illegal immigration, and mandatory DNA testing will help ensure that the bad guys who traffick children are punished.”

“All children, especially the most vulnerable, should be protected.” said Rep. Gooden. “The exploitation of minor foreigners by traffickers is one of the most dire consequences of the border crisis. is guaranteed.”

Central to the illegal immigration debate should be the horrific physical and sexual abuse of children, often at the hands of unrelated adults. Mandatory DNA testing and severe penalties for adults who do not comply would help stop the incredibly painful practice of criminal “recycling” of children. All too often abused minors end up in sex trafficking, substance abuse and worse lives, and the National Police Association has issued a “Action to End Child Sex Trafficking Now”. It strongly encourages the support and passage of legislation. said the sergeant. Betsy Brandtner-Smith, National Police Association Spokesperson.

“Based on numerous DNA tests conducted under the Trump administration, we know that many of these families are not families and that these children have been rented and trafficked with the help of criminal cartels. Not only is this administration failing to perform DNA testing at the level it should, but nearly 100,000 children are missing due to its mediocre testing, which they claim has brought about this crisis. Where’s the humanity?The devastating results so far are far worse than anything I’ve seen in my 35 years in charge of border security.” said Tom Homan, former acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“We, law enforcement agencies along the border, and now across the United States, are aware of the diminution and lack of border security that has allowed Mexican cartels to thrive not only in illegal drug smuggling, but also in trafficking and indentured practices. We have witnessed” the slavery of immigrants smuggled into the United States to pay off their debts, no youth left out of this equation of recycling children to represent family units, all immigrants detained by the government Continued DNA testing is essential. Along with proactively identifying children with immigrants, we will also proactively identify criminals who enter this country under cover of their true identities and seek to further victimize those we serve. ” Yuma County, Arizona Sheriff Leon Wilmot said.

Background:

• Senator Blackburn first introduced the bill in 2019.
• 2019 Executive Associate Director, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Said,”On-site DNA testing clearly has a powerful deterrent effectSimilarly, HSI officials witnessed multiple instances of individuals confessing to being fake family members before being tested. “

Specifically, the Act to End Child Trafficking Now aims to:

• Requires DHS to deport illegal immigrant adults who refuse a DNA test.
• Requires up to 10 years in prison for all undocumented immigrant adults who fabricate family relationships or guardianship arrangements for minors.
• Criminalize “child recycling”, which occurs when illegal immigrant adults who are neither relatives nor legal guardians repeatedly use the same child to gain immigration.and
• Request the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to treat the child as an unaccompanied minor under current law if family ties or legal guardianship with the accompanying adult cannot be proven.

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