The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) was joined by over 60 organizations on a call to discuss a federal bill addressing child welfare and the intersection between human trafficking and the foster care system. There was a great deal of discussion on the importance of...
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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.
Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act (H.R. 1732)
The Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act (H.R. 1732) amends the Social Security Act to require state foster care programs, which receive federal funds under the Social Security Act, to report on current and future efforts to address the human trafficking and...
ATEST Commends State Department for Holding Bad Actors Accountable in Latest Human Trafficking Report
For Release: June 19, 2013 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) praised Secretary of State John F. Kerry for calling to account countries that have continually failed to show improvement in fighting human trafficking in the State Department’s annual Trafficking in...
Human Trafficking Guidelines for Child Protection Agencies
Training: All human trafficking trainings for child protection agencies should cover sex and labor trafficking of foreign national and U.S. citizen children in line with the federal definition of human trafficking. Child protection agencies should involve specialized service...
Prevention of Trafficking in Persons and Abuses Involving Workers Recruited Abroad Act (S. 744)
Labor recruiters are often complicit or directly involved in the trafficking of workers, exploiting U.S. nonimmigrant visa programs. Operating in a climate of impunity, they lure impoverished and desperate foreign workers to the United States, promising jobs described as plentiful and...
Sign On to Support Regulations of Foreign Labor Recruitment in Comprehensive Immigration Reform
This letter of support expresses ATEST’s strong support for Subtitle F- Prevention of Trafficking in Persons and Abuses Involving Workers Recruited Abroad, of Title III of S.744 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, as introduced.
ATEST National Call: FY14 Funding for Anti-Trafficking Programs
ATEST held a national call today, urging participants from around the country to review ATEST’s federal appropriations requests and the federal funding priorities in the next fiscal year. ATEST invited interested groups to sign on to ATEST's appropriations request letters to five...
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPRA) provides the tools necessary to provide services to survivors and to combat trafficking and modern-day slavery at home and abroad. What will this reauthorization accomplish? Provides invaluable resources to support holistic services...
The Hill’s Congress Blog: Passage of Human Trafficking Bill Sends Clear Message
By David Abramowitz, Director, Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) Published on March 8, 2013 in the Hill's Congress Blog Congress’ reauthorization of the TVPA re-asserts U.S. leadership in the effort to eradicate modern-day slavery at home and around the world. The...
ATEST Report Outlines Recommendations for Comprehensive Immigration Reform to Combat Modern Day Slavery
Human trafficking and immigration are inextricably linked. Current immigration protections for trafficked individuals in the United States - once they are identified - are inadequate and many victims remain in the shadows too terrified to come forward to seek justice. Moreover, current...