House Introduces Anti-Immigration Bills Under Guise of Child Protection

The U.S House has introduced a series of Bills to address human trafficking of children by amending existing legislation.

Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015

Human Trafficking Prioritization Act

Human Trafficking Prevention Act

International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking

To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking

Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015

While the efforts to protect children are admirable, there are underlying issues which demand floor debate:  Anti-immigration, deportation and the dismantling of the 13th and 14th Amendments.

Each of the Bills expands the power of Child Protective Services, an entity which has no public scrutiny of its operations or its financial integrity to execute the aforementioned partisan agenda.

Will these operations be privatized?

Each of the Bills becomes a filter on "what types of children" are to be protected by the U.S. and "what criteria" exist for children to remain in the U.S.:  Is a child a victim of sex trafficking and if not, then what.

These Bills should be examined under the lens of caution as they seem to be crafted to address the flow of children entering the U.S. from south of the border, or rather anti-immigration.

If a child does not fall under the purview of a "trafficked" victim, will they be immediately turned away from the border, denied humanitarian help?




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