The Department of Homeland Security has made strides in combating human trafficking but needs additional resources from Congress, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday.
Mayorkas discussed DHS’s work in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg Government ahead of the release of a report highlighting the department’s anti-trafficking efforts last year.
“I don’t think that people understand how widespread this heinous crime is and how an engagement by the public as well as the government is required to combat it,” the secretary said.
The department has expanded anti-trafficking work in recent years as part of a governmentwide crackdown on exploitation in the US ...
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