Newsweek, November 2024
The number of human trafficking suspects prosecuted has increased under the Biden-Harris administration, new data from the Department of Justice (DoJ) shows. Border security is an important issue in voters’ minds as Vice President Kamala Harris goes head to head with former President Donald Trump as they make a late appeal to voters in the race for the White House ahead of election day.
In 2022, 1,656 suspects were prosecuted, which was double the number prosecuted in 2012, the October 2024 report from the DoJ found, and more than the number prosecuted under the Trump administration. The report does not include the data for 2024, however U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data found the Biden-Harris administration has been catching fewer international criminal gang members in 2024 compared to previous years under Trump.
