Human Trafficking is a crime which is a felony offense in almost every nation in the world.

Any adult crossing the border illegally into a country with a child who is not their own should be charged with Human Trafficking. In this case, the children should be removed from the offender immediately and returned to the parents. If the parents are in their home country then they should be repatriated immediately. If the parents are legal or illegal immigrants in the host nation then the parents should be arrested and charged with Child Endangerment. In the case of legal immigrants the children should be a ward of the state, illegal immigrants should have their children immediately repatriated to their home nation and the parents arrested for Child Endangerment.

Any parents crossing the border withtheir children should be immediately arrested and charged with child endangerment. The children should be immediately repatriated to their home nation to care for them whilst legal proceedings occur. All unaccoumpanied children whose parents are in their home nation should be immediately reunited with their parents. If those parents are in the country legally, their status should be reviewed, if they are illegal immigrants then they should be arrested.

Child endangerment charges factor in that people can make mistakes. If the conduct by a defendant was merely negligent or reckless, he would only face a misdemeanor level of punishment. If his conduct was willful or intentional, then the defendant could face felony endangerment charges. Any attempt to cross a nations border in willful and intentional.

The whole narrative is built around these parents being heroes for making the dangerous trip across land or sea with their children to seek a better life, but thousands of men, women and children are dying every year, not to mention the rape and assaults both the adults and children suffer at the hands of ruthless criminal gangs. Any adult making this trip is responsible for their own fate, however any adult responsible for a minor making these journeys are putting these children in terrible danger.

They should be arrested, charged, convicted and as far away from these children as possible.