Drug-free zones worked. Now we need trafficking-free zones

When news broke that children were being separated from their parents at the U.S. border earlier this year, indignation swept the country. Protests cropped up across America, church groups mobilized, and the issue took social media by storm. By June, the “zero tolerance” policy that had expanded the practice was eliminated.

This is the kind of national response and furor we need to save the hundreds of thousands of children who are being sold for sex in this country every day. Sex trafficking, especially of minors, is rampant in the U.S., but law enforcement alone cannot stop it. To end sex trafficking on our soil, we need the involvement of millions of Americans, from parents and teachers to business leaders and newscasters.