In a resounding bipartisan vote Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act (H.R. 5856). The vote was 414 to 11. The U.S. has the world’s most comprehensive governmental effort to fight human...
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ATEST Submits Comments for 2024 TIP Report Rankings
February 1, 2024 The Honorable Cindy Dyer Ambassador-at-Large U.S. State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) RE: Request for Information for the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, United States Government (Public Notice: 12260 | 88 FR...
ATEST Applauds New Bills to Protect Trafficking Survivors
February 1st is Freedom Day, the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln signing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865 to abolish legal slavery in the United States. It caps off National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a time to reflect on that fact that forced labor...
ATEST Endorses House Trafficking Act Reauthorization
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is pleased to endorse reauthorization of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act (TVPRA). H.R. 5856, authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), and introduced with many bipartisan...
ATEST Applauds Senate Introduction of RHYA Reauthorization to Protect Vulnearable Youth
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking is pleased to support reauthorization of the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, introduced earlier this month. A significant percentage of unhoused youth become trafficking victims. The bipartisan bill addresses root...
ATEST Joins Allies Pledging Action to Center Survivors in Anti-trafficking Movement
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today joined other organizations in pledging action to center survivors in the U.S. anti-trafficking movement. The pledge was presented at the global Freedom from Slavery Forum in the Dominican Republic, where movement leaders have...
ATEST Joins Call on Congress to Protect Trafficking Survivor Confidentiality
May 1, 2023 Dear Members of Congress, As a group of civil society organizations working directly with human trafficking survivors, and leading efforts to dismantle the systems that allow human trafficking to flourish in this country, we write today to share our perspectives on...
ATEST Requests $1.7 Billion in Anti-trafficking Funding from Congress for FY2024
WASHINGTON – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is requesting $1.7 billion in federal funding next fiscal year to combat human trafficking, forced labor and their root causes. The requests include increases for key programs, noting that more people have become...
ATEST Applauds Re-introduction of International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
WASHINGTON – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds key members of the Senate Foreign Relaitons Committee for re-introduction of the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act - TVPRA (S. 920). The bill was part of a package introduced in the...
ATEST Reviews U.S. Accomplishments & Deficiencies for 2023 TIP Report
February 17, 2023 The Honorable Cindy Dyer Ambassador-at-Large U.S. State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) RE: Request for Information for the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report, United States government input (FR Doc. 2022-26668) Dear...