U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) recently led Republican senators in a letter to several Democratic Senate Committee chairmen, calling for them to ramp up investigations into the Department of Homeland Security’s activities to combat human trafficking, Johnson announced in a press release.
“Given your committees’ roles in overseeing DHS, we urge you to investigate and hold hearings into DHS’s efforts to combat human trafficking. Without our attention and leadership, human trafficking will continue to plague this country... The United States Senate must continue to conduct much-needed oversight of this administration’s border policies to find immediate solutions to combat one of the most disturbing consequences of inadequate border security: the proliferation of human trafficking,” the press release said.
The popular movie Sound of Freedom "has played an important role in creating public awareness of this modern-day form of slavery,” the press release and letter said.
The letter went to Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Richard Durbin, (D-IL), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Gary Peters (D-MI), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee; and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The human trafficking business creates $150 billion in illegal profits around the world, and, by one estimate, 60% of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) are caught by the cartels and used for smuggling or child pornography, a Heritage Foundation report said.
“Please go see Tim Ballard's Sound of Freedom. The truth of child sex trafficking must be acknowledged. I saw it Tuesday night during a screening hosted by Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the U.S. Capitol. At the screening, I presented a letter addressed to Tim Ballard and Jim Caviezel that Republican senators sent to Democrat committee chairs urging them to hold hearings to highlight what Sound of Freedom is exposing—the evil of child sex trafficking,” Johnson wrote in a July 28 newsletter. “Biden's open border policy is facilitating the multi-billion dollar business model of some of the most evil people on the planet. The human depredations are being ignored.”
"Joining Sen. Johnson on the letter are Senators John Barrasso, M.D. (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), John Kennedy (R-La.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Rand Paul, M.D. (R-Ky.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Thune (R-S.D.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.)," the Johnson press release said.
