""Essentially," Joshua Singleton, a lieutenant with the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office Bureau of Investigation said, "human trafficking is an everyday problem.""
""ICE is a really, really big concern," Doogan said. "You can be deported for prostitution crimes and kept out of our country. And now ... you have the feds coming, and they're doing prostitution arrests under the guise of stopping human trafficking. So it's the perfect storm for people who don't speak English as a first language to be trapped in these operations ... . And now you're arrested. And now you can be deported.""
Human trafficking is described as an everyday problem that does not necessarily surge because of the Super Bowl, despite heightened attention. Law enforcement and sex workers indicate that temporary increases in business do not change the fundamental structure of trafficking. Federal and state enforcement, including Department of Homeland Security involvement and concerns about ICE, intersect with California's AB 379, which criminalizes loitering with intent to purchase sex. The combination of enforcement and the law raises deportation risks and vulnerabilities for non-English speakers and migrant sex workers. Task forces continue routine investigations rather than expecting dramatic event-driven changes.
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