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State Department ties trafficking response to border security, cites cartel designations
Summary
Tommy Piggott linked efforts to combat human trafficking to border-security actions, said illegal border crossings are down 95% compared with last year, and cited designating criminal cartels as foreign terrorist organizations as a tool used by the State Department.
Tommy Piggott, principal deputy spokesperson at the U.S. Department of State, said combating human trafficking is tied to the administration’s border-security actions and that measures taken across government have reduced illegal border crossings.
“Under the previous administration, we saw the worst border crisis in US…
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