Thursday, August 8, 2013

Sex traffickers exploiting children along border; Latina legislators vow to improve detection

Source: NBCLatino

Erika L. Sanchez writes
Currently, the screening at the border to identify victims of child trafficking is performed by Customs and Border Protection personnel who are not specialists in child welfare.  California Democratic Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard,  who has been working on immigration issues for the last 20 years, says that after extensive research, she and her staff became aware of the dire need for legislation. “This is a much bigger issue than any of us realized,” she says."

Continue reading here:
http://nbclatino.com/2013/08/08/sex-traffickers-exploiting-children-along-border-latina-legislators-vow-to-improve-detection/
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