Traffickers Exploit Illegal Child Labor With Social Security Fraud; Minor Forced to Pay Back ’Debt’

Traffickers Exploiting Illegal Child Labor with Social Security Fraud; Underage Migrant: ‘I Started Working’ to Pay Cartel Debt … ‘I Cannot Work Legally Here’ • Frander, Male Migrant: “I cannot work legally ’s a small piece of paper that you get to be able to apply for jobs. A social security [card]. You just call the person, and he comes to your home and brings it.” • Frander says he was forced to pay “$150” to obtain a fake social security card. • Underage Female Migrant: “When I got here [to the United States], I began studying, and then working. I went to school for six months. From a year ago, I began working…I go in [to work] at 4PM and get out at 2AM.” • Underage Male Migrant: You go to work “wherever they take you.” • Tara Lee Rodas, Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency: “I think most people believe, and I originally thought, that sponsors were families because HHS says, ‘We’re reuniting children with their families.’ In fact, that’s not