Filemon Vela: “Human trafficking is one of the most profitable forms of transnational crime.”

The U.S. agriculture sector is crucial to our economy and generates more than $1 trillion in annual economic activity. In 2017, Texas farms sold $24.9 billion in agricultural products, a significant contribution to the State's economy…

This is not who we are as a country. Our legacy--and the future we hope to leave to our children--call on us to be a Nation that welcomes and defends the rights of the most vulnerable among us.

The stakes have never been higher than they are right now.

You cannot have a successful national economy when such a vital component hurts the way our farmers are currently.