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...
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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.
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...
ATEST and HEAL Trafficking Urge Congress to Preserve Safeguards for Vulnerable Migrant Children
WASHINGTON – A new funding proposal pending before the Senate this week will rollback protections for children coming to the U.S. to flee violence, human trafficking, and other forms of abuse in Central America. The bill would undo provisions of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act...
ATEST Applauds Anti-Trafficking Legislation Becoming Law, But Deeply Concerned by Presidential Statements and Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON — Four key pieces of legislation that form the architecture of America’s federal response to human trafficking and modern slavery are now law. In the final days of the 115th Congress, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization...
Separating Immigrant Families Increases Vulnerabilities to Human Trafficking
The Trump administration has signaled a potential plan to use military bases for holding immigrant children who cross the southern border. These children would include both unaccompanied minors and children separated from their families by the U.S. government. The Alliance to End Slavery...
ATEST Welcomes New Member Organizations
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is proud to announce that two remarkable organizations have joined the coalition. The new members expand the reach and expertise of ATEST, strengthening the coalition’s collective influence. The new member organizations: Human...