President directed DHS on Day One to prioritize eliminating human trafficking via two executive orders

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Published Executive Orders (14165 and 14159) or DHS/White House documentation showing the President directed DHS to prioritize eradicating human trafficking.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a press release announcing that President Trump declared January 2026 as "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month" and highlighting DHS operations led by Secretary Kristi Noem. DHS says it has located 132,720 unaccompanied children and launched the UAC Safety Verification Initiative with ICE and 287(g) partners to check the welfare of children placed with sponsors. The release also credits Homeland Security Task Force operations with arrests tied to cartels and gangs (including Sinaloa, CJNG, MS-13, Tren de Aragua) and promotes the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking and reporting hotlines.

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Both Executive Order 14165 ("Securing Our Borders") and Executive Order 14159 ("Protecting the American People Against Invasion"), each issued January 20, 2025, include explicit instructions for the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize actions against human smuggling and trafficking. EO 14165 Sec. 10 directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to "prioritize the prosecution of offenses ... including ... human trafficking," and EO 14159 Sec. 6(c) makes dismantling cross‑border human smuggling and trafficking networks an objective of newly created Homeland Security Task Forces. Verdict: True — the text of both executive orders shows President Trump directed DHS (the Secretary of Homeland Security) to prioritize combating human trafficking on Day One.

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Update · Jan 22, 2026, 11:20 PMTrue
Both Executive Order 14165 ("Securing Our Borders") and Executive Order 14159 ("Protecting the American People Against Invasion"), each issued January 20, 2025, include explicit instructions for the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize actions against human smuggling and trafficking. EO 14165 Sec. 10 directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to "prioritize the prosecution of offenses ... including ... human trafficking," and EO 14159 Sec. 6(c) makes dismantling cross‑border human smuggling and trafficking networks an objective of newly created Homeland Security Task Forces. Verdict: True — the text of both executive orders shows President Trump directed DHS (the Secretary of Homeland Security) to prioritize combating human trafficking on Day One.
Original article · Jan 22, 2026
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