US Is a Top Destination for Child Sex Trafficking, and It’s Happening in Your Community

Child trafficking is enabled by the porous southern border, predatory social media use, pornography, and broken families. The United States is a top destination for victims from Mexico, but one estimate is that 83 percent of victims in the United States are Americans. Serghei Turcanu, iStock/Getty Images

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Kara was 11 when her family first sold her body for drugs.