ATEST & Freedom Network USA Joint Statement | April 2020 Human trafficking thrives in times of crisis and uncertainty, when the needs of the most vulnerable among us are often overlooked. Congress has passed coronavirus relief legislation, providing significant new resources for...
Category: Statement
Human Trafficking Survivors Deserve to Be Compensated for Their Expertise
Statement | March 19, 2020 The United States House of Representatives recently introduced the bipartisan Leveraging Information on Foreign Traffickers Act (LIFT Act), which in part extends the mandate for the Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to 2025. The McCaul Amendment to the...
ATEST, FNUSA, ILRWG Oppose Harmful Immigration Riders
June 10, 2019 Dear Member of Congress, The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) and the International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG) write to urge you to oppose harmful immigration appropriations riders that would undermine...
ATEST Letter to Congress in Advance of 2019 State of the Union Address
Honorable Members of the 116th Congress | U.S. Capitol | Washington, D.C. Dear Senators and Representatives, The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) and the Freedom Network USA, with a combined membership of 80 leading U.S.-based anti-trafficking organizations,...
ATEST and HEAL Trafficking Urge Congress to Preserve Safeguards for Vulnerable Migrant Children
WASHINGTON – A new funding proposal pending before the Senate this week will rollback protections for children coming to the U.S. to flee violence, human trafficking, and other forms of abuse in Central America. The bill would undo provisions of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act...
ATEST Applauds Anti-Trafficking Legislation Becoming Law, But Deeply Concerned by Presidential Statements and Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON — Four key pieces of legislation that form the architecture of America’s federal response to human trafficking and modern slavery are now law. In the final days of the 115th Congress, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization...
ATEST Applauds Final Congressional Approval of Anti-Trafficking Reauthorization Legislation
The House and Senate have approved a package of four bills that renew America’s commitment to ending human trafficking and modern slavery at home and abroad. The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking applauds Congress for passing this vital legislation. The bills have been sent to...
ATEST Welcomes New Member Organization
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking is proud to announce another outstanding organization has joined the coalition. The new member is T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. The group’s reach and expertise will strengthen the coalition’s collective...
ATEST Urges Senate Confirmation of John Cotton Richmond as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
WASHINGTON — The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds the nomination of John Cotton Richmond to be the next ambassador-at-large to combat human trafficking and modern slavery, a post that also directs the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat...
TIP Report Highlights Global Progress and American Shortcomings
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department’s 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report), released last week, chronicled many successes around the world in the effort to eradicate human trafficking and modern slavery. The report also highlighted shortcomings in America’s...