The article says that some of the girls are as young as 14. WHY would a 14 year old girl with relatives in Honduras be given a visa to live in America?? Why would any of them be given these visas? I think America has enough prostitutes to go around with importing more.
I guess it all depends on how they got here (kidnapped, bought, parents murdered?) and who wants them returned safely (or not) in their home country.
They did come here AS prostitutes, they were forced to become such. They weren't imported...they were basically kidnapped.
In the NJ court, they will be viewed as emancipated adults. 16 years of age is minimum but the court has discretion to grant emancipation early by form of special petition.
These young ladies have suffered enough to earn their right to stay here. They came here because they had nothing back there.