DHS Secretary: Human Trafficking Is ‘Modern Day Slavery’

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NIELSEN: "As you know, this month we particularly look at human trafficking at DHS and how to prevent it. It is, make no mistake, modern day slavery. We all need to work together. I know that various members have bills on human trafficking and I look forward to work on that. With respect to your specific broader question, the transnational criminal organizations, the coyotes and those who traffic in people and illicit goods, do it as a business. So yes, they exploit any reason in which somebody might have the opportunity to either receive a benefit that they do not qualify for or to be able to stay in this country in an illegal status. They have that information, they provide it to those and encourage them to take that dangerous journey in exchange for a false promise that they will not be captured and deported by the United States."