By Harold Pease, Ph.D.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, greatly disturbed by the slow walk, or no walk, on the subject of pedophilia and child sex slavery in the United States by the Democrats and RINO’s in Congress said, “We found at least 146,000 migrant children that were unaccounted for during the Biden administration,” adding, “We’re investigating reports to where some of these kids claim that they were raped 600 to 700 times.” One had a venereal disease at age 8.
He then uttered the most profound statement on the subject possible. “I don’t care who you are. I don’t care if you have kids. You don’t have kids. I don’t care if you’re a liberal, you’re independent, you’re a Democrat. You’re Republican. IF YOU CAN’T STAND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GO FIND THESE KIDS, WHO ARE YOU?,” he told reporters (“Trump admin has found 146K migrant kids who went missing under Biden: DHS chief,” by Josh Christenson, June 11, 2026, New York Post). That should unite to action every honorable person in this country. Will it?!!
It has been known for some time, that nearly 450,000 unaccompanied children went missing under former president Joe Biden’s four year immigrant invasion. Of these “nearly 300,000” are still unaccounted and likely experiencing the same horrifying abuses as those already rescued.
Mullin fumed. “And do you know where we’re finding most of them: sanctuary cities.” He continued, “between fiscal years 2019 and 2023, more than 448,000 unaccompanied minors were in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s custody before being transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services for resettlement with domestic sponsors, the IG’s report found” (Ibid.). Apparently in the transition is where they were dropped out of sight.
That said, he next reminded us of the insanely horrifying documentation that Senator Chuck Grassley obtained last year, May 2025, from the Department of Health and Human Services, data showing “that 65,605 reports regarding migrant children were ignored or dismissed under President Joe Biden, including 7,346 reports of human trafficking.” What if any of these reports were from the victims who had escaped their enslavement hoping to get help from a government phone number that was supposed to help?
Mullin also reminded us of the serious abuse to women in particular, “One-third of girls smuggled into the U.S. were likely assaulted before they reached the southern border.” How can this be tolerated? It can’t!!
Two reasons why child sex trafficking can no longer be tolerated. 1) Because it is pure evil. "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea (Matthew 18:6). 2) Child sex slavery “is the fastest growing international crime network that the world has ever seen. It has already passed the illegal arms trade and soon it is going to pass the drug trade because you can sell a bag of cocaine one time but a child 5 to 10 times a day.” Never in history has there been more slavery than now (“Trump is the Lone President to Criminalize Pedophilia,” LibertyUnderFire.org, July 30, 2025).
Trump and his FBI and ICE have rescued 146,000 children to date with another 300,000 to go. Last December the number rescued was 62,000 so the Trump administration is making great progress, despite Democrat engineered opposition to ICE. At that time Tom Homan reported, “We know many of them are in sex trafficking. Many are in forced labor. Many are being abused,” Homan added. “I can’t discuss some of the mistreatment we found out about. President Trump again proved why he’s the greatest president in my lifetime. Over 62,000 children rescued.” (“Trump admin has rescued 62K migrant kids from sex trafficking, child labor, border czar Homan says,” By Ryan King, Fox News, Dec. 7, 2025).
The DOJ has since identified more than 15,500 so-called “super-sponsors,” those connected to more than three migrant minors trafficked into the U.S. “These often used fraudulent forms of identification and made false claims to officials to gain custody of the children once they were in the U.S.” Kristi Noem, as DHS Secretary earlier this year, “described the cases as ‘horrific’ and said the Biden administration was guilty of ‘true neglect at best and criminal at worst.’” To these, Mullin speaks directly, "We're going to bring you to justice. We're going to charge you, and we're going to work side by side with Todd Blanch and DOJ to make sure you pay for your crimes,” (“DOJ charges three with ‘wide-ranging conspiracy’ to smuggle migrant kids to the US,” By Josh Christenson, June 11, 2026, New York Post).
But will punishment include institutions? Who supports a society selling its children to satisfy adult perverse sexual appetites? Let us suggest a few: Disneyland, Hollywood, Deep State news outlets, most social media outlets, and, as demonstrated, the Biden Administration. Where is the opposition to the hideous practice of pedophilia? By their actions the Democratic Party still mostly defend the practice.
Trump has advocated capital punishment. There are no crimes more serious than those to children. This may be one reason the Justice Department is attempting to get the children found and under protection before the Epstein Files are fully exposed as the children are the leading witnesses exposing the pedophits who would be incentivized to remove them.
Once again, “If you can’t stand for law enforcement to go find these kids, who are you?”
Dr. Harold Pease is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College. Newspapers have permission to publish this column. Read his weekly columns @ www.LibertyUnderFire.org Column #877.
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