{"id":2836,"date":"2020-06-01T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:50:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:50:53","slug":"ice-agents-fight-sex-trafficking-by-paying-potential-victims-for-hand-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2836","title":{"rendered":"ICE Agents Fight Sex Trafficking by Paying Potential Victims for Hand Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;Agents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Arizona have been &#8220;fighting&#8221; human trafficking by sending federal immigration agents to coerce suspected victims into paid sex acts. These acts were later used by authorities to justify arresting women who agreed to them, seizing their assets, and telling the press it was these women who were the real predators.&#8221;<br>&#8230;<br>&#8220;Absurd and horrifying? Obviously. But also a scenario that is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2017\/02\/17\/she-gave-a-cop-a-handjob-now-she-faces-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">far<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/02\/02\/massage-parlor-panic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2017\/10\/26\/illegal-massage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/02\/28\/homeland-security-spied-on-chinese-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">isolated<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2016\/04\/15\/ice-dhs-target-ny-korean-massage-parlors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">incident<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-reason-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MPVFE7zBOr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/05\/14\/ice-agents-fight-sex-trafficking-by-paying-potential-victims-for-hand-jobs\/\">ICE Agents Fight Sex Trafficking by Paying Potential Victims for Hand Jobs<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;ICE Agents Fight Sex Trafficking by Paying Potential Victims for Hand Jobs&#8221; &#8212; Reason.com\" src=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/05\/14\/ice-agents-fight-sex-trafficking-by-paying-potential-victims-for-hand-jobs\/embed\/#?secret=nMGbvEk6fx#?secret=MPVFE7zBOr\" data-secret=\"MPVFE7zBOr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Agents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Arizona have been &#8220;fighting&#8221; human trafficking by sending federal immigration agents to coerce suspected victims into paid sex acts. These acts were later used by authorities to justify arresting women who agreed to them, seizing their assets, and telling the press it was these women who were the real predators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absurd and horrifying? Obviously. 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