In a resounding bipartisan vote Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act (H.R. 5856). The vote was 414 to 11. The U.S. has the world’s most comprehensive governmental effort to fight human...
Month: February 2024
ATEST Submits Comments for 2024 TIP Report Rankings
February 1, 2024 The Honorable Cindy Dyer Ambassador-at-Large U.S. State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) RE: Request for Information for the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, United States Government (Public Notice: 12260 | 88 FR...
ATEST Applauds New Bills to Protect Trafficking Survivors
February 1st is Freedom Day, the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln signing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865 to abolish legal slavery in the United States. It caps off National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a time to reflect on that fact that forced labor...