A diversion of law enforcement personnel and resources to assist with Donald Trumpโ€™s mass deportation campaign and deployments to US cities has undermined the governmentโ€™s efforts to combat child exploitation and human trafficking, Democratic lawmakers warned.

In the letter, sent on Wednesday and first shared with the Guardian, nearly two dozen House Democrats demand that the homeland security and justice departments โ€œimmediatelyโ€ restore full staffing and resources to their anti-trafficking divisions. It also makes reference to the Jeffrey Epstein investigative files, arguing that the governmentโ€™s failure to publicly release the full scope of the documents in its possession โ€œdamag

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