Sec. 211. Enhanced international cooperation to combat human smuggling and trafficking
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The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall expand partnership efforts with law enforcement entities in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico seeking to combat human smuggling and trafficking in those countries while recognizing the rights of individuals fleeing violence and seeking humanitarian protection, including— the creation or expansion of transnational criminal investigative units to identify, disrupt, and prosecute human smuggling and trafficking operations; participation by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice in the Bilateral Human Trafficking Enforcement Initiative with their Mexican law enforcement counterparts; and advanced training programs for investigators and prosecutors from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection (a).