Elijah Rising reaches hundreds of adult victims of human trafficking each year through outreach and they're continuing to extend their efforts to help.
As we continue our FOX 26 in Focus series, "People for Sale," we look at the Texas-Mexico border and the problems it creates in the fight against human smuggling and trafficking.What started as a simple prayer group a decade ago is now one of the most well-known anti-human trafficking organizations in"We’ve got to just show people the reality of sex trafficking in our city," said Micah Gamboa, executive director of Elijah Rising.
"It’s not that a woman is tied or chained to a cage. Not that it doesn’t happen, but often you see manipulation and coercion in the mind," said Melody Jacobs, Restorative Care Program Director for Elijah Rising.31 charges filed, 29 arrests made in connection with Fort Bend County Human Trafficking Operation"Over 75% say they would leave the life, their exploiter or abuser, but they don’t have anywhere to go," said Gamboa.
Getting help for minors is even harder. A recent University of Texas study found at any given time there are more than 300,000 victims of human trafficking in Texas. Of those, about 79,000 are Texas children being sex trafficked. When you add up all the money spent on caring for survivors and prosecution, it’s costing the state billions of dollars the study found.
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