At least 85,000 children are believed to have gone missing inside the United States as a result of immigration laws implemented under the Biden administration.
Tim Ballard, an American who many believe has done the most to draw attention to child trafficking, has teamed up with a Republican lawmaker in an effort to pressure the White House to find the missing children.
At a press conference on September 12th, the creator of Operation Underground Railroad joined New Jersey Representative Chris Smith to support a measure that Smith, Heritage Foundation official Roger Severino, and Sound of Freedom producer Eduardo Verastegui co-wrote. The government would have to start looking for the missing children if the bill is passed.
On September 14, Ballard is scheduled to testify before Congress in support of the suggested legislation. Ballard is slated to testify before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, which is presided over by Representative Smith.
The politician, who wrote the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, is not a current convert to the issue of child trafficking.
“This must stop. We must begin with finding the 85,000 missing unaccompanied children, which this administration claims is not their problem anymore,” Ballard told Congress.
Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent who quit his federal employment to pursue child trafficking victims on his own, has been referred to by Smith as “a hero.” Ballard’s non-profit organization OUR initially attracted attention outside of the government when it was highlighted in the film Operation Toussaint. The film follows his squad as they investigate human traffickers in Haiti.
Ballard has become almost a household name among many conservatives as a result of Sound of Freedom’s success.
He is portrayed by Jim Caviezel in the movie, which is based on his time while working as a federal agent. Much of what is seen in the movie has been presented as conspiracy theory by liberal media.
Ballard has been outspoken in his criticism of the Biden presidency. The father, who also hunts out human traffickers, is curious as to why a government that maintains an open border policy in the name of human rights chooses not to watch after the kids that fall under its jurisdiction.
