Children Exploited for Sex across the U.S.

We have got to do all we can to prevent our children from being exploited.

This story affirms why:

Girls as young as 12 are being exploited for sex in Portland, Ore., according to an NBC investigation.

Teri Williams used to be one of them. “You're a prisoner," she told NBC's Portland affiliate KGW. "No one is going to let you go. You are the pimp’s meal ticket.”

Authorities say there are hundreds of girls still stuck on the streets of Portland. Human-trafficking investigators and government researchers estimate the average pimp in the U.S. can make more than $200,000 a year off one young girl.

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