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WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing detailing how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) helped facilitate and benefited from the historic Biden-Harris border crisis, as well as how far-left NGOs are still working to help inadmissible aliens undermine federal immigration law under the Trump administration. Tuesday, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Josh Brecheen (R-OK) penned an op-ed in the New York Post outlining the importance of this hearing and the Committee’s investigation into these organizations.

Witnesses included Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project; Ali Hopper, president and founder of GUARD Against Trafficking; and Julio Rosas, a national correspondent for Blaze Media––all of whom have investigated or reported on how these organizations work with Democrat officials and open-borders advocates to advance a pro-illegal immigration agenda.

In the hearing, witnesses laid out in detail how NGOs received more than $6 billion from the Biden-Harris administration, including through grants from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and others. They also testified about how the Biden-Harris administration handed over unaccompanied alien children (UACs) to NGOs, primarily at the border, who then delivered them to poorly-vetted sponsors. The Biden-Harris administration then failed to ensure proper follow-up communications to check on the well-being of the children, leading to more than 300,000 children unaccounted for in the interior. Simultaneously, many of these NGOs and their executives enjoyed substantial revenue and salary increases thanks to the grants.

Read more here.

🔴WARNING. Calling All Warriors to Take Action. 🔴Sign the Petition: Protect Kids from Harmful AI Companions.

AI-powered “companion” chatbots like Character.AI, Replika, and Nomi are being used by children and teens — even though they pose real, well-documented dangers to kids. New research from Common Sense Media shows that these products can expose kids to sexual content, reinforce harmful stereotypes, and can encourage them to hurt themselves or others. That’s why Common Sense Media and Lynn’s Warriors are calling on these companies to immediately: 🔴Prevent young people under 18 from engaging with these chatbots 🔴Implement safeguards that actively prevent harmful behavior — including cyberbullying, self-harm, and encouraging users to hurt others 🔴Ensure these chatbots encourage real-life connections and prompt users to reach out to family, friends, or mental health professionals Young people deserve digital spaces that are safe, respectful, and age-appropriate — not environments that exploit their emotions or expose them to harm. Please sign our petition urging these companies to protect our kids.

WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing detailing how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) helped facilitate and benefited from the historic Biden-Harris border crisis, as well as how far-left NGOs are still working to help inadmissible aliens undermine federal immigration law under the Trump administration. Tuesday, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Josh Brecheen (R-OK) penned an op-ed in the New York Post outlining the importance of this hearing and the Committee’s investigation into these organizations.

Witnesses included Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project; Ali Hopper, president and founder of GUARD Against Trafficking; and Julio Rosas, a national correspondent for Blaze Media––all of whom have investigated or reported on how these organizations work with Democrat officials and open-borders advocates to advance a pro-illegal immigration agenda.

In the hearing, witnesses laid out in detail how NGOs received more than $6 billion from the Biden-Harris administration, including through grants from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and others. They also testified about how the Biden-Harris administration handed over unaccompanied alien children (UACs) to NGOs, primarily at the border, who then delivered them to poorly-vetted sponsors. The Biden-Harris administration then failed to ensure proper follow-up communications to check on the well-being of the children, leading to more than 300,000 children unaccounted for in the interior. Simultaneously, many of these NGOs and their executives enjoyed substantial revenue and salary increases thanks to the grants.

Read more here.

Apple is allowing a 12+ rated app, Grok, to feature a sexualized anime “AI girlfriend” that engages users in explicit roleplay. This update violates Apple’s own policies and puts kids at risk.

Heat Initiative and the Warriors are demanding Apple remove this content, audit similar apps, and strengthen protections for children in the App Store.

Take Action Here.

For more than 25 years, social media has been growing and changing the way that people function in the world. Sometimes for the better – and sometimes having a not-so-great impact. But with billions of users every day, there is no denying that social media is a place where the people of the world are.

Social Media Giving Day offers an ideal opportunity to make social media a place where anyone can help someone who needs it!

How to Celebrate Social Media Giving Day

Get on board and show support to those who need it be participating in Social Media Giving Day, including some of these plans and ideas:

Make a Donation on Social Media

Whether casual users who are online once a month to see pictures of their grandkids or social media influencers who make a living through these platforms, everyone is encouraged to make a difference in the life of a person who needs it by making a charitable donation in celebration of Social Media Giving Day. Remember that donations of any size can be very helpful because, when everyone bands together even in small ways, it can make a huge difference.

Raise Awareness About a Special Cause

Those who have a specific charity that is dear to their hearts might want to make a special post that can connect others to make a donation. Whether it is an organization that supports mental health care for teens, a group that is doing research to cure a disease, or a charity that fights for and takes care of needy animals, Social Media Giving Day is a great time to feature a photo and link to the charity of choice and encourage others to respond to their needs.

The sex trafficking industry is fueled by buyers who pay traffickers to supply victims to meet their demand. Men, women and children from a wide variety of backgrounds are victimized through sex trafficking. Vulnerability factors that make individuals more susceptible to trafficking include low self-esteem, being abused or neglected, poverty, homelessness, being in the foster care system and identifying as LGBT. Children’s emotional and economic dependence on others and undeveloped ability to analyze decisions and understand consequences combined with their high “market value” among buyers make them especially vulnerable to traffickers. A trafficker, or pimp, is anyone who profits by receiving cash or benefits in exchange for the sex act. Traffickers can be family members, friends or “boyfriends.” Buyers are those who purchase the sex act thereby fueling the commercial sex industry by making it profitable.

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The leader of a family-run sex trafficking ring, who beat and forced victims to undergo abortions, was sentenced to 188 months in prison (15 years) at a courthouse in Brooklyn.

The United States Attorney’s Office announced this on Thursday.

Hugo Hernandez-Velazquez was charged with sex trafficking multiple victims by force, fraud, and coercion. He will be deported back to Mexico after his prison term, according to court documents.

“For nearly a decade, the defendant and his family oversaw a vicious sex trafficking campaign wrought with violence, manipulation, coercion, and outright force against women whom they lured into romantic relationships through false promises of love and support,” said one HSI Special Agent.

Read more here.