Overview

• Senate documents from Chairman Chuck Grassley show that 65,000 reports filed between 2021 and 2024 went uninvestigated under the Biden administration.
• The backlog encompassed 7,346 suspected human trafficking cases and 1,688 instances of potential sponsor fraud.
• An interagency effort initiated in February referred 528 investigative leads to the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies.
• U.S. attorneys have accepted 36 cases for prosecution, secured seven indictments, carried out 11 arrests and achieved three convictions.
• Grassley asserts that HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra ignored two-thirds of Senate subpoenas seeking details on suspicious sponsors.