Summary
- Border Patrol agents warn that children as young as 8 are being drugged and smuggled into the US by traffickers posing as parents or family members.
- Some smugglers are recycling children by using them repeatedly to gain entry into the country.
- The fate of these trafficked children is unclear, but they may be vulnerable to exploitation for child labor and sex trafficking.
- Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children have gone missing after being released to sponsors in the US.