Two more key Trump cabinet nominees are appearing on Capitol Hill for Senate confirmation hearings. ATEST has provided committee members with important questions for the nominees about their plans to combat forced labor and human trafficking. U.S. Trade Representative Nominee Jamieson...
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ATEST Provides Comments for 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today submitted comments to the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (JTIP) for consideration in developing tier rankings and country narratives for the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report. ATEST...
More ATEST Questions for Trump Cabinet Confirmation Hearings
Two more key Trump cabinet nominees will appear on Capitol Hill this week for Senate confirmation hearings. ATEST has provided committee members with important questions for the nominees about their plans to combat forced labor and human trafficking. FBI Director Nominee Kash...
ATEST Questions for Trump Cabinet Confirmation Hearings
Several key Trump cabinet nominees will appear on Capitol Hill this week for Senate confirmation hearings. ATEST has provided committee members with important questions for the nominees about their plans to combat forced labor and human trafficking. Secretary of State Nominee Marco...
ATEST Applauds Senate Passage of Anti-trafficking Act Reauthorization
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds members of the U.S. Senate for yesterday’s passage of S. 920, the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024. The bill was approved by voice vote. The landmark U.S. anti-trafficking act, first...
ATEST Recommends Policy and Budget Priorities to Trump Transition Team
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today provided key recommendations for how the incoming administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump can combat forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery during his second term in office. Read the recommendations: ...
Ending Forced Labor Makes Good Business Sense
Ending forced labor around the world will boost global GDP by $611 billion per year, according to new research by the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO). Researchers calculated the economic impact of liberating nearly 28 million from sex and labor trafficking...
ATEST Asks Congress to Increase Key Anti-Trafficking Programs in 2025
ATEST has formally submitted 21 funding requests across seven federal agencies to congressional appropriations subcommittees. The letters ask Congress to increase funding in several programs for FY2025, while holding the line on others. Four congressional subcommittees control the...
Historic Capitol Hill Briefing by Experts with Lived Experience
With a surge in public interest from a summer movie about international child sex trafficking and recent news reports of child labor abuses at workplaces in the United States, Congress is looking to enact new legislation to address human trafficking and forced labor. To...
ATEST Joins Other Orgs Calling for New Constitutional Amendment to Completely Outlaw Slavery
ATEST has joined a long list of organizations urging Congress to fix a loophole in the U.S. Constitution that allows for slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as punishment for a crime. A bipartisan Constitutional Amendment has been introduced to once and for all end slavery in...