CQ Weekly Reports on Stalled Reauthorization of Federal Anti-trafficking Legislation

Saturday 28 April 2012

Over seven months have passed since Congress allowed the 2008 reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) to expire, and with bipartisan consensus crumbling there is no obvious way forward this year. CQ staff, Emily Cadei, provides a comprehensive snapshot of where the law presently stands post expiration of its authorization in her article, "Culture Wars Claim Trafficking Law,...

The New York Times Addresses Need for a Reauthorized Federal Law on Anti-Trafficking

Thursday 22 March 2012

The New York Times published an editorial yesterday highlighting the fact that Congress, despite successful reauthorization efforts since the law's inception in 2000 and the documented need for services for victims of human trafficking, has allowed the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) to lapse since last reauthorized in 2008. The editorial refers to the politicking currently taking place in the House and Senate as "especially tragic at a time when...

MOCs Lead "Dear Colleague" Effort in Support of FY13 Federal Funding for Anti-Trafficking Programs

Thursday 22 March 2012

In a bipartisan effort, members of Congress from both the House and Senate signed onto a "Dear Colleague" letter urging the Chairs and Ranking Members of each chamber's Appropriations Committee to provide sufficient funding in FY13 for programs that work to combat the growing problem of human trafficking and slavery.

The House "Dear Colleague" letter, spearheaded by Rep. Maloney (D-NY), was signed...

Advocacy Community Aligns to Advance FY13 Federal Funding for Anti-Trafficking Programs

Thursday 22 March 2012

Over 100 groups joined the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) on five letters addressed to Congressional leadership in support of federal funding for anti-trafficking programs targeted to the following House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS); Commerce, Justice,...

President Declares Slavery an Affront to our Human Dignity

Friday 16 March 2012

In a statement issued by the White House following yesterday's President's Interagency Task Force (PITF) meeting, the President declared that slavery still "remains the affront to human dignity and stain on our collective conscience that it has always been." He emphasized the U.S. government's commitment to strengthen its work through...

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