March 24, 2021 Senator Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee California State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 Senator Members of the Senate Committee Labor and Industrial Relations California State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB 364 (Rodriquez) – SUPPORT Dear...
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ATEST Recommends 10 Ways ILAB Can Improve List of Goods Tainted by Forced or Child Labor
March 3, 2021 Matthew Fraterman Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) Department of Labor International Labor Affairs Bureau Dear Mr. Fraterman: Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments and recommendations regarding the Department of...
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: [email protected] Mr. Max Primorac, Deputy to Acting Deputy Administrator, USAID | Via Email: [email protected] Mr. Chris Milligan, USAID...
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...
ATEST Opposes Proposed Asylum Rule
To: Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director Office of Policy Executive Office for Immigration Review RE: Comments in Response to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Justice...
ATEST Challenges Tier 1 Ranking for U.S. in 2020 TIP Report
WASHINGTON – The 2020 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released Thursday, marks the 20th time the U.S. State Department has ranked how well the world’s governments are responding to forced labor and human trafficking and the 10th year the U.S. government has ranked...