EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower Alleges Federal Government Acts as ‘Middleman’ for Cartel Child Trafficking

Explosive Allegations: U.S. Government Involved in Child Trafficking

Hold onto your seats, folks, because we’ve got some shocking news. A whistleblower by the name of Tara Rodas has come forward with allegations that the U.S. government is playing a key role in international child trafficking. That’s right, you heard it here first. Rodas, a federal employee who has worked in various government sectors, claims that she witnessed firsthand how the program designed to reunite migrant children with their families has become a front for a massive human smuggling ring driven by Mexican drug cartels.

According to Rodas, many children who enter the United States illegally come on the dime of drug cartels, who in turn sell the children into sex slavery or child labor. At the processing facilities, case managers are supposed to work to reunite illegal children with family members inside the United States. But in reality, many “sponsors” who take and care for the children have no relationship to them at all. Rodas is set to testify about her allegations at a hearing before the House of Representatives on April 26.

U.S. Government ‘Absolutely’ Crucial to Cartel Human Smuggling

But wait, it gets worse. Rodas explained that the U.S. federal government has become a crucial “middleman” for cartels in their human smuggling operations. When it comes to drug trafficking, cartels have to track and protect the product from the point of origin in Central America up until the end user in the United States. But with smuggled children, the trafficker leaves Central America with the child and only has to guard the “product” to the U.S. border. Then they hand their asset to the U.S. government, who guards their product. We then take the “product” and ship it to the end user. This is something that Rodas finds hard to accept. She believes that the U.S. government is enabling and facilitating a massive cartel human smuggling operation by prioritizing speed over safety for the children.

One Sponsor Hosted 6+ Children

Rodas’ suspicions were first aroused while handling the case of two migrant children. In her investigation into the matter, Rodas learned that a sponsor had hosted at least six other children. The case managers at the facility were independent contractor volunteers with little in the way of training in vetting or security. After investigating further, Rodas made a chilling discovery: with the assistance of the U.S. government, five sponsors alone had taken in 18 children.

‘Speed Over Safety’

Rodas said that as the influx of illegal migrant children grew heavier, the federal government began to prioritize speed over the safety of children. HHS pushed case managers to have the children processed out of the facility within 10–14 days of arrival. This quest for speed came at the cost of children’s well-being, Rodas said. After 20 years as a public servant driven by the desire to help people, Rodas was devastated when she began to piece together the story of what was happening to migrant children. She wondered if she was on the wrong side and went through the stages of grief multiple times.