Local anti-trafficking advocates say federal actions put victims at risk

Donald Trump pledged on the campaign trail for his second term to "end the scourge of human trafficking." He amplified conspiracy theories linking liberal politicians to underground sex trafficking rings and said he'd release alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's "client list."

But anti-trafficking activists in Massachusetts say that the on-the-ground actions of the Trump administration are hurting, not helping, the most vulnerable victims of sex and labor trafficking...