Tag: Human Trafficking

Commentary Last week I took an unusual trip to the cinema because finally it was showing something worth seeing. It was “The Sound of Freedom,” directed by Alejandro Monteverde and starring Jim Caviezel. The movie tells the real-life story of Tim Ballar, a special agent for Homeland Security and his work to rescue kids from a human trafficking cabal in ...

“I get films. I don’t get the easy ones. And this one definitely wasn’t,” says actor Jim Caviezel. “This is a huge weapon to evil, and they don’t like it.” In this episode, I sit down with actor Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security special agent and founder of Operation Underground Railroad. Jim Caviezel plays ...

Acting Labor Department Secretary Julie Su was grilled by Congress over the trafficking of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) to be used as illegal labor within the United States. Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) was scathing of the Labor Department’s approach to the issue during a House committee hearing on child migrant labor on June 7. Many of the children were released ...

Ten men were recently arrested on charges related to human trafficking in North Olmsted, Ohio, as part of a sting operation. Among them was an illegal immigrant and a middle school teacher. “Yesterday was a banner day for the task force,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said on May 12. “Their commitment to wiping out the scourge of human trafficking ...