Editor Daily Rundown: DHS Carries Out Welfare Checks To Find Trafficked Children

HOMELAND SECURITY CONDUCTS WELFARE CHECKS TO LOCATE TRAFFICKED CHILDREN … DHS: Many of the unaccompanied children who came across the border are victims of smugglers and sex traffickers. DHS is leading efforts to conduct welfare checks on these children to ensure they are safe and not being exploited. These welfare checks have resulted in arrests of some sponsors of these unaccompanied minors and as a result the children have been placed in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody. (THREAD)

For instance, HSI arrested Adelso GARCIA MARTINEZ, a wanted fugitive for attempted aggravated homicide from Guatemala.

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