A bombshell Inspector's General report was published last week that revealed the disturbing fact that hundreds of thousands of migrant children have gone missing in the United States.
That report sparked anger from millions of Americans, and rightfully so. It also triggered serious responses from GOP congressmen, including Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
According to The Post Millennial, Hawley had strong feedback for Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the wake of the report being published.
The primary concern regarding the massive number of missing children is that many of them are thought to have been used by human traffickers for unthinkable reasons.
Another primary reason as to why so many children are unaccounted for is that when they show up to the border, many are handed off to unvetted "sponsors."
"The Harris-Biden open border has created the largest child trafficking ring in US history - and now Harris & Co have lost track of nearly 300,000 migrant children. I want to know how this happened - and what they’re doing to fix it," Hawley posted on his X account.
The Harris-Biden open border has created the largest child trafficking ring in US history - and now Harris & Co have lost track of nearly 300,000 migrant children. I want to know how this happened - and what they’re doing to fix it pic.twitter.com/pAll6BiXMt
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 21, 2024
While the numbers are not known, many of the so-called sponsors are thought to have been bad people that use the children for sex-trafficking rings and other horrible circumstances.
Hawley penned a letter to the DHS secretary, in which he held nothing back.
"Unaccompanied migrant children are some of the most vulnerable individuals in America. They are routinely trafficked for sex, forced into illegal labor, burned with chemicals, and subjected to countless other atrocities by cartels," Hawley wrote.
Hawley added:
A recent report published by DHS’s Inspector General—that is to say, an internal review of your own agency—has revealed catastrophic failures in your agency’s ability to protect unaccompanied migrant children, right up to the present day. This is despite your testimony in an October 2023 Senate committee hearing in response to my question on this exact topic. At the time you said, 'we actually have prioritized the rescue of children who have been human trafficked.'"
Users across social media agreed with Hawley's anger.
"The corrupt establishment and media protect these traffickers who have infested our government and corporate America," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "This is heartbreaking! Please don’t let this go. Stay on it for the sakes of these precious innocent children."
