ATEST is was well represented at Wednesday's herring of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. Speakers at the session included: ATEST Director Terry FitzPatrick (see written testimony here) ATEST member organization Human Trafficking Legal...
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ATEST Advocates for $1.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Combat Human Trafficking and its Root Causes
WASHINGTON – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is asking Congress for substantial increases in federal appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023 to combat human trafficking inside the U.S. and around the world. ATEST’s spending recommendations cover federal programs at...
ATEST Expands as Two Organizations Join the Alliance
WASHINGTON – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is pleased to announce that Covenant House and the Human Trafficking Legal Center have recently joined the alliance. These innovative organizations bring invaluable expertise in youth programming and survivor support to...
ATEST Recommendations on Improving Racial Equity in Federal Anti-Trafficking Programs
March 15, 2022 Dr. Kari Johnstone Acting Director Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) U.S. Department of State Via email Re: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government Docket Number: Public Notice:...
ATEST Recommendations for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Implementation
March 10, 2022 Cynthia Echeverria Acting Director of Trade Policy U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Electronic submission to https://www.regulations.gov Docket Number: DHS-2022-0001 Re: Public Comments on Methods to Prevent the Importation of Goods...
ATEST Urges Congress to Include Anti-Trafficking Programs in Ukraine Humanitarian Relief Legislation
March 8, 2022 Speaker Nancy Pelosi U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Charles Schumer U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell U.S. Senate Rep. Rosa DeLauro Chair, House Appropriations...
ATEST Input for 2022 TIP Report on U.S. Government Trafficking Efforts
February 22, 2022 Dr. Kari Johnstone Acting Director U.S. State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (JTIP) RE: Request for Information for the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report, United States government input (86 FR 70562) Dear Dr....
ATEST Urges Biden to Quickly Appoint TIP Ambassador
January 31, 2022 President Joseph R. Biden The White House Washington, D.C. RE: Appointment of a New Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Dear President Biden, Thank you for your ongoing efforts to confront human trafficking, one of the world’s...
2021 TIP Report: U.S. Tier One Ranking Questioned
WASHINGTON -- While releasing the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report last Thursday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted that “we’ve got to acknowledge our own shortcomings.” To its credit, the TIP Report does just that, with a detailed description of how the United States...
Recommendations to Congress for Reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Human trafficking continues to be one of the most important challenges of our time. More than 20 years after Congress first passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), traffickers continue to exploit an estimated 25 million people in forced labor around the world, earning over...