i'm open to be wrong about this and will dial back my mo of being hyperaggressive on this website since i want to hear what people have to say. it seems to me that human trafficking sounds a lot like state rights.
don't get me wrong slavery is one of the most evil things humans have come up with and should be stopped as much as possible. but notice that slavery is not the word being used. human trafficking just means moving people which sounds a lot like immigration. its not a news flash that many first generation immigrants have poor living conditions. often the reason they moved here was because they had poor living conditions in the old country.


I think it's basically code for any type of sex work. The law has interpreted that a person can be a "human trafficking" victim of themselves. They can be charged for trafficking themselves! Huh? It just allows government to arrest people (almost always women) and make their lives miserable forever, but use words that sound like they are trying to help.
Being arrested doesn't help anyone. And many women like sex work and are not "trafficked".
But, yes, to your point, it has been used especially harshly on immigrants of all kinds, including illegals. Note the lack of crackdown on real victims, those working in sweatshops, or as maids in hotels or for rich people, farm laborers, etc. Funny how all they are worried about are sex workers.