One of the most tragic - and underreported - consequences of the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is the dramatic spike in the abuse and trafficking of children.
As part of their effort to downplay and ignore the horrific consequences of their immigration policies, the Biden administration has all but abandoned these children to the cartels and criminals.
According to Customs and Border Patrol data, 152,057 unaccompanied children crossed the southern border in fiscal year 2022, up slightly from 146,925 in 2021.
A graphic video shared by Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz last July showed evidence of what he called a "Narco slave trade," along with images of migrant children killed along the border.
In February 2021, Biden instructed officials not to turn away children who came across the border alone - creating a massive incentive for families to pay smugglers to send their children north.
With U.S. immigration policies giving preferential treatment to families over single adults, smugglers often pair up minor children with strangers and send them across the border together.
In a telling omission, the Biden Justice Department made no mention of migrant children in its National Missing Children's Day proclamation last week.
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