Topic: Marion Egg Farm

A 2014 Senate investigative committee report led by Senator Portman detailed systemic child trafficking at a Marion, Ohio egg farm. Smugglers lured children from their home countries into forced labor conditions in dilapidated trailers without basic sanitation. While the program was reportedly curtailed during the Trump administration, claims suggest it has expanded significantly under the Biden administration as HHS loses oversight.

Tara Rodas details how the current child trafficking crisis mirrors a 2014 case at an Ohio egg farm where children were kept in slave labor conditions. She alleges that under the Biden administration, HHS has lost control of the program, resulting in 85,000 missing children and thousands more placed in debt bondage and forced labor.