Over seven months have passed since Congress allowed the 2008 reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) to expire, and with bipartisan consensus crumbling there is no obvious way forward this year. CQ staff, Emily Cadei, provides a comprehensive snapshot of where...

The New York Times published an editorial yesterday highlighting the fact that Congress, despite successful reauthorization efforts since the law's inception in 2000 and the documented need for services for victims of human trafficking, has allowed the reauthorization of the Trafficking...

In a bipartisan effort, members of Congress from both the House and Senate signed onto a "Dear Colleague" letter urging the Chairs and Ranking Members of each chamber's Appropriations Committee to provide sufficient funding in FY13 for programs that work to combat the growing problem of...

For Release: March 21, 2012 More than 100 groups joined the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) on five letters addressed to Congressional leadership in support of federal funding for anti-trafficking programs targeted to the following House and Senate Appropriations...

ATEST held a national call with more than 90 participants from anti-trafficking organizations to discuss the urgency in action as it pertains to the federal FY13 appropriations process due to expedited time frames by Congress.  

The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is partnering with the socially responsible investor community to advocate for the bipartisan passage of the federal Business Transparency on Slavery and Trafficking Act (H.R. 2759). This law would increase corporate accountability by...

For Release: February 10, 2012 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is partnering with the socially responsible investor community to advocate for the bipartisan passage of the federal Business Transparency on Slavery and Trafficking Act (H.R. 2759). This law would...

In observance of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) appealed to Congressional leadership on January 11th to put partisan politics aside and reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), which expired...

150 national anti-trafficking civil society groups, coalitions, faith-based organizations, and law enforcement partners joined the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) in support of S. 1301, the Senate's version of the 2011 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act...

For Release: October 10, 2011 On October 5, 2011, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) approved a revised version of H.R. 2830, the "Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011." The resulting markup stripped the original bill, as introduced, of proposed language...