AP exclusive: Change in human trafficking reporting alarms advocates for migrant children
The Trump administration has issued a directive requiring caregivers of migrant children to stop reporting human trafficking concerns directly to the federal office established to assist victims. Advocates for migrant children warn that this policy change could undermine protections for vulnerable minors and potentially expedite their deportation.
The Trump administration has ordered caregivers for migrant children to stop reporting human trafficking concerns directly to the office created to help victims, a change that critics say could make some vulnerable minors easier to deport. The directive, in a Sept. 10 memo reviewed by The Associated Press, could mean that some victims would be...
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