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‘60,000 Kids:’ Department of Homeland Security In The Human Trafficking Business?
‘60,000 Kids:’ Department of Homeland Security In The Human Trafficking Business?
Mar 18, 2026 12:33 AM

Judge Andrew S. Hanen, a federal district judge in Brownsville, Texas, is accusing the Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security of plicit in human trafficking from Mexico.

Here is what appears to be happening: a parent pays a “coyote” or smuggler in Mexico to bring the parent’s child from Mexico to the United States, illegally. Typically, these coyotes are smuggling drugs as well. When DHS captures the coyotes, they will then often “deliver” the smuggled child to the parent, despite the illegality of the situation. However, many children are held held for ransom by coyotes that are not arrested by DHS, or are subjected to sex trafficking.

Megyn Kelly of Fox News, discusses the situation with documentary filmmaker Dennis Michael Lynch.

Read “Federal Judge: The Obama Administration Aids and Abets Human Trafficking” at National Review Online.

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