A Summary of ATEST’s 2020 Activities and a Forecast of 2021 Election and Transition The 2020 campaign and election provided an important pivot point for the anti-trafficking movement. ATEST focused on promoting fact-based discourse on human...
Author: Terry FitzPatrick
ATEST Releases Five Policy Briefs to Biden-Harris Transition Team
ATEST has submitted five in-depth policy briefs to the Biden-Harris transition team, each with detailed recommendations that outline how different federal agencies can work together for a whole-of-government approach on key areas of combating human trafficking. The five briefs...
ATEST Provides Preliminary Comments on USAID C-TIP Policy Revision
ATEST today provided brief comments to USAID today about the rewrite of its Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy. ATEST urges more thorough stakeholder engagement and a longer period for public comment, but submitted preliminary thoughts before today's deadline to ennsure the agency...
ATEST Suggests Ways to Strengthen U.S. Labor Department during “End Labor Trafficking National Online Dialogue”
ATEST submitted five key ways the U.S. Labor Department can work to combat human trafficking, during the department's online call for suggestions this month. ATEST's submissions follow recommendations made to the Biden-Haris transition team. Our suggestions focus on prohibiting the...
ATEST Asks USAID to Postpone C-TIP Policy Rewrite to Allow for Thorough Stakeholder Engagement and Adequate Public Comment Period
Mr. John Barsa, Acting Deputy Administrator, US Agency for International Development (USAID) | Via Email: jbarsa@usaid.gov Mr. Max Primorac, Deputy to Acting Deputy Administrator, USAID | Via Email: mprimorac@usaid.gov Mr. Chris Milligan, USAID...
ATEST Calls for Catalytic Investment to Fight Human Trafficking in Recommendations to Biden Transition Team
WASHINGTON – ATEST stressed the need for a whole-of-government approach to combat human trafficking inside the U.S. and around the world in comprehensive recommendations to the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden. ATEST’s 60-page memorandum was published today and is...
ATEST Recommends Federal Funding Increases for FY22
ATEST is recommending increases in many federal programs for Fiscal Year 2022 in light of the increases in vulnerability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our requests to the White House Office of Management and Budget were presented this month. Recommendations include spending...
ATEST Expands, Adding Three New Organizations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three trailblazing organizations have joined the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), expanding the alliance’s depth and breadth of expertise and strengthening the alliance’s collective voice. HEAL Trafficking, Humanity United Action and the McCain...
ATEST Supports Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
September 10, 2020 The Honorable James Risch Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Bob Menendez Ranking Member Senate Foreign Relations Committee United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Risch and...
2019 TIP Report Raises Challenging Questions about Sanctions and Future Rankings
While presenting this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a pointed message: “If you don’t stand up to trafficking, America will stand up to you.” The 2019 report, however, raises questions about whether the Trump...