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...
Category: Statement
ATEST Hires New Director
WASHINGTON -- The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is thrilled to announce that Terry FitzPatrick has begun work this month in the newly created position of ATEST director. His appointment will significantly expand the alliance’s capacity to conduct advocacy with members...
ATEST Supports Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
June 10, 2021 The Honorable Bob Menendez Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable James Risch Ranking Member Senate Foreign Relations Committee United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Menendez and...
Trafficking Survivors Should Not Pay Income Tax When They Win in Court
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking supports a simple but necessary change to America’s federal tax code. The “Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act” (S. 895) would exempt from federal income taxes any restitution or civil damage awards that survivors receive. This...
ATEST Calls on Senate to make Significant Changes to Farm Workforce Modernization Act
WASHINGTON -- The Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA, H.R. 1603), as currently constituted, strikes an unacceptable compromise between the pathway to citizenship that all farmworkers deserve, and expansion of an H-2A visa program marked by abuses ranging from gender discrimination...
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 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: jbarsa@usaid.gov Mr. Max Primorac, Deputy to Acting Deputy Administrator, USAID | Via Email: mprimorac@usaid.gov 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...