By Emma Waters, The Stream, July 25, 2023
Emma Waters is a research associate with the DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at The Heritage Foundation.
Kara was 11 when her family first sold her body for drugs.
Sydney was 14 when she met an older man online who promised her financial security and a better life.
And after another stint in the foster care system, Marcus decided that anything, including homelessness, would be better than the foster family he was living with.
Each of these stories, from real girls and boys in the United States, reflects the most common entry points for children being pulled into child trafficking. The facts are frightening: …