Sec. 212. Enhanced investigation and prosecution of human smuggling and trafficking
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The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall expand collaborative programs aimed at investigating and prosecuting human smugglers and traffickers targeting Central American children and families and operating at the Southwestern border, including the continuation and expansion of anti-trafficking coordination teams, with a particular focus on human smugglers and traffickers who are believed to be using violence, sexual assault, or other forms of abuse. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall increase the resources available to Homeland Security Investigations to facilitate the expansion of its smuggling and trafficking investigations. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsections
(a)and (b).