In yet another episode of "China isn't our friend," we learned on Friday that an ongoing operation, called "Operation Coast to Coast," has been sweeping up human-trafficking operations in several states. Fox News embedded reporters with one such operation in Austin, Texas.
🚨 POTUS is BUSTING Human Trafficking Operations ACROSS the country!
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Operation Coast to Coast has spanned MO, OK, CA, & NY, with > 60 victims found nationwide already.
"It's all Chinese organized crime...The money is going back to China. The victims are coming from China." pic.twitter.com/nkfK3j2Gct
Here are some key excerpts from that video:
(Unclear)... embedded with the Austin Department as they raided illicit Chinese massage parlors, part of a massive operation targeting human traffickers and organized crime networks. It was just one of many human trafficking stings taking place across the country, in Operation Coast to Coast, which saw more than 60 victims rescued, including juveniles.
It's not known how many of the victims may have come from Asia, and how many were taken up by the traffickers right here in the United States. But it appears that this problem is a pervasive one:
Austin police officer: Most of these places have deep, complex roots with overseas, Asian-Chinese criminal enterprises. We're going to close this one down today. But it's going to be very easy for them to open up another one anywhere else in Austin or anywhere.
Ay, that's the rub. Dealing with organizations like this is a lot like battling the Hydra; cut off one head, and two more grow to take its place. This isn't just an American problem, either; these kinds of shady "massage parlors" are common in China, where they not only operate fairly openly, but send young men around to solicit clients in front of hotels frequented by tourists.
Here in the United States, they aren't quite so brazen, but they are still operating.
Fox News' Brooke Taylor: Hi Bill, good morning, well, we exclusively embedded with the Austin Police Department while they raided these illicit massage parlors. Now, they weren't just going after traffickers and these organized crime networks. They were also trying to rescue as many victims as possible.
At least this head of the beast has been removed.
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It's essential to recognize that China, as a nation and a society, doesn't share the same perspective on human rights as the Western world. As evidence, witness their treatment of their Uyghur minority. As pointed out above, these kinds of things are common in China, and it should come as no surprise that the Chinese organized crime rings would look at the United States and see a lucrative market.
There's also this: While we still don't know any specifics about the ringleaders who were operating these businesses, they have been repeatedly described as being linked to China. And we still don't know precisely how many young Chinese men entered the United States illegally, and who remain here illegally, having gained entry during the Biden administration's border enforcement failures.
In the video above, we see one such illegal operation taken down. That's good - but there is a lot of work still to be done.
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