California has often been a human rights trendsetter, and Governor Gavin Newsom has an opportunity this month to extend safeguards for temporary migrant workers who are too easily exploited in forced labor, debt bondage and other forms of severe labor abuses.. The State Assembly has...
Month: September 2022
Congress Introduces Major Reforms to Assist Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Prevent Trafficking
News today from ATEST member organization National Network for Youth. ATEST endorses this legislation: We are excited to announce that Representatives Yarmuth (D-KY) and Bacon (R-NE) and Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Collins (R-ME) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Runaway and...
CNN op-ed: Five reasons I’m optimistic despite grim new statistics on forced labor
ATEST Director Terry FitzPatrick today explained why he's personally hopeful even thought new statistics indicate the number of people in forced labor is growing. CNN -- It would be understandable to regard last week’s news about the scope of forced labor as dispiriting. Despite two...
ATEST Joins Others to Support Passage of Bill to Help Trafficking Survivors Clear their Names of Wrongful Criminal Records
September 14, 2022 The undersigned non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and anti-trafficking leaders who work to end human trafficking, write in support of H.R. 8672, the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2022 (TSRA) introduced by Representatives Owens (R-UT) and Lieu (D-CA) in the...
New Statistics Underscore Need for Reauthorization of Trafficking Victims Protection Act and Significant Increase in Funding for Anti-trafficking Programs | ATEST Releases Updated Fact Sheet for Federal Candidates in 2022 Midterms
WASHINGTON – This week’s release of the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery is an urgent call to action. More people have been trafficked into forced labor worldwide than ever before. Globally, 28 million people are toiling against their will every day at factories,...