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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...
ATEST, FNUSA, ILRWG Oppose Harmful Immigration Riders
June 10, 2019 Dear Member of Congress, The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) and the International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG) write to urge you to oppose harmful immigration appropriations riders that would undermine...
Human Trafficking Report Tracks U.S. Criminal and Civil Court Cases
The Human Trafficking Institute, an ATEST member organization, reports that 771 anti-trafficking cases were in progress in federal courts nationwide last year. That’s the topline figure from the institute’s 2018 Federal Human Trafficking Report, released today in...
From Legislation to Implementation
Now that Congress has reauthorized the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) and a package of related bills, the advocacy landscape on Capitol Hill is shifting from approving legislation to ensuring America’s anti-trafficking programs are fully funded and...
ATEST Letter to Congress in Advance of 2019 State of the Union Address
Honorable Members of the 116th Congress | U.S. Capitol | Washington, D.C. Dear Senators and Representatives, The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) and the Freedom Network USA, with a combined membership of 80 leading U.S.-based anti-trafficking organizations,...