According to News 8 Austin, there was an arrest of two men charged for holding the immigrants for ransoms. These two men named, Jose Luis Perez and Santiago Cruz Ramirez smuggled the immigrants and locked them in the Mi Casa apartments located on Duval Street. Perez and Ramirez threatened to kill the immigrants and their family if the victims fail to pay the $2100 for documentation fees. Not only that, but the victims were physically and verbally abused. To further investigate this case and many other human trafficking cases, the immigrant victims were granted with T visa. The T visa allows the immigrants to reside in America only if they agree to help with the investigation.
There has been many disturbances and commotions after the arrest of Perez and Ramirez. This unlawful act that both Perez and Ramirez have done raises many questions for the citizens in Austin, as well as the national security. For one, human trafficking is an international problem that is slowly taking over this globe one place at a time. As a citizen, I feel that human trafficking is wrong in every way. It's not right for someone to take control of another person's life. Why must these traffickers abused and threatened to kill the immigrants' loves ones in their home country?
Human trafficking is the modified term for "slavery". Human trafficking bans the personal freedom and happiness that everybody deserves, whether they are away from home or in debt. This is why human trafficking is such a big issue. It's not going to end just yet. Therefore I recommend people to read this news in order to understand the danger of human trafficking and how it can happen just about anywhere. We all heard stories of girls being trafficked and working as prostitutes, but we must also face the deadly truth that human trafficking is taking place right here in our hometown. For this, we must all raise precautions and spread the word about the negative consequences of human trafficking and how it can ultimately affect everyone in the community. Many may not think that human trafficking can affect them in any way if they are not involve in the process, but it does. Human trafficking affects the whole community and country. For one, it will create a more distrust in the government officials as well as the community for its failure to effectively regulate the problem. Many citizens will then move to more "safer" cities, and this will consequentially create an overall bad impression for the community because no one wants to live in an unsafe place, especially parents and elderly seniors. This is why human trafficking not only affects the traffickers, the victims, but also the citizens in the community.
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