An open letter to Candidates, the Media, Political Parties, and Policymakers: As survivors, service providers, human and labor rights advocates, law enforcement officials, researchers and policy experts, we know human trafficking is real. For decades we have worked to raise awareness,...
Author: ATEST
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
ATEST Opposes Proposed Asylum Rule
To: Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director Office of Policy Executive Office for Immigration Review RE: Comments in Response to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Justice...
ATEST Challenges Tier 1 Ranking for U.S. in 2020 TIP Report
WASHINGTON – The 2020 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released Thursday, marks the 20th time the U.S. State Department has ranked how well the world’s governments are responding to forced labor and human trafficking and the 10th year the U.S. government has ranked...
Joint Statement on COVID-19 Supplemental Funding
As anti-trafficking advocates mobilize to support their clients and those most vulnerable to human trafficking and exploitation during this unprecedented global health crisis, we urge policymakers to prioritize critical supplemental funding requests, including those for direct services,...
Congress Must Address Human Trafficking in Emergency Funding Legislation
ATEST & Freedom Network USA Joint Statement | April 2020 Human trafficking thrives in times of crisis and uncertainty, when the needs of the most vulnerable among us are often overlooked. Congress has passed coronavirus relief legislation, providing significant new resources for...
Human Trafficking Survivors Deserve to Be Compensated for Their Expertise
Statement | March 19, 2020 The United States House of Representatives recently introduced the bipartisan Leveraging Information on Foreign Traffickers Act (LIFT Act), which in part extends the mandate for the Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to 2025. The McCaul Amendment to the...
ATEST 2020 TIP Report Comments
See ATEST recommendations to the State Department for the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report. Prepared in close collaboration with Freedom Network USA. Comments here.
New Fact Sheet for 2020 Federal Office Seekers Now Online
As the 2020 election cycle heads into high-gear, ATEST is providing a new fact sheet on human trafficking and modern slavery inside the U.S. and overseas. The new guide is freely available to any candidate and any party seeking factual background on the scope of trafficking today, its...
U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline Cases Soar by 25 Percent in 2018
From ATEST member Polaris Project WASHINGTON, D.C.(July 30, 2019) – On the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in persons, Polaris is announcing that human trafficking cases reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline jumped by 25 percent in 2018 from...
ATEST Advocacy Report | January 2019
January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) has chosen this month to launch our first annual ATEST Advocacy Report. Each January we will update you on our coalition’s accomplishments in the previous year...