November 28, 2022 Dear United States Senators: We, a community of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and anti-trafficking leaders working to end human trafficking, declare in solidarity that we strongly support the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act...
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ATEST Joins 30+ Organizations to Oppose Industry Proposal that could Increase Imports of Forced Labor Products into U.S.
October 20, 2022 The Honorable Chris Magnus Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20229 Re: Open Letter on Trade Data Transparency Dear Commissioner Magnus, The undersigned organizations and advocates write to express...
ATEST Requests Biden-Harris Administration Dedicate $1.25 Billion to Combat Human Trafficking in Fiscal Year 2024
WASHINGTON – The scale of forced labor is increasing worldwide, and the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is recommending the U.S. government increase funding to meet the growing human rights challenge of labor and sex trafficking inside the U.S. and around the globe. Our...
ATEST Urges California’s Governor to Sign Bill Regulating Foreign Labor Recruitment
California has often been a human rights trendsetter, and Governor Gavin Newsom has an opportunity this month to extend safeguards for temporary migrant workers who are too easily exploited in forced labor, debt bondage and other forms of severe labor abuses.. The State Assembly has...
ATEST Urges Congress to Include Anti-Trafficking Programs in Ukraine Humanitarian Relief Legislation
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...
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...