The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) was joined by over 60 organizations on a call to discuss a federal bill addressing child welfare and the intersection between human trafficking and the foster care system. There was a great deal of discussion on the importance of...
Tag: Legislation
Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act (H.R. 1732)
The Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act (H.R. 1732) amends the Social Security Act to require state foster care programs, which receive federal funds under the Social Security Act, to report on current and future efforts to address the human trafficking and...
Prevention of Trafficking in Persons and Abuses Involving Workers Recruited Abroad Act (S. 744)
Labor recruiters are often complicit or directly involved in the trafficking of workers, exploiting U.S. nonimmigrant visa programs. Operating in a climate of impunity, they lure impoverished and desperate foreign workers to the United States, promising jobs described as plentiful and...
Sign On to Support Regulations of Foreign Labor Recruitment in Comprehensive Immigration Reform
This letter of support expresses ATEST’s strong support for Subtitle F- Prevention of Trafficking in Persons and Abuses Involving Workers Recruited Abroad, of Title III of S.744 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, as introduced.
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPRA) provides the tools necessary to provide services to survivors and to combat trafficking and modern-day slavery at home and abroad. What will this reauthorization accomplish? Provides invaluable resources to support holistic services...
ATEST Report Outlines Recommendations for Comprehensive Immigration Reform to Combat Modern Day Slavery
Human trafficking and immigration are inextricably linked. Current immigration protections for trafficked individuals in the United States - once they are identified - are inadequate and many victims remain in the shadows too terrified to come forward to seek justice. Moreover, current...
Congress Sends Cornerstone Human Trafficking Prevention Bill to President Obama
For Release: February 28, 2013 (Washington, DC) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to pass a Senate-approved version of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), paving the way for President Obama to sign into law the United...
Congress Sends Cornerstone Human Trafficking Prevention Bill to President Obama
For Release: February 28, 2013 (Washington, DC) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to pass a Senate-approved version of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), paving the way for President Obama to sign into law the United States' most important...
ATEST National Call on Trafficking Victims Protection: February 2013
ATEST held a national call today, urging more than 125 participants from anti-trafficking organizations nationwide to activate their networks and press House of Representatives members to approve the Senate version of the TVPA as an amendment to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA.)...
The New York Times on Renewing the Violence Against Women Act
Published on February 15, 2013 in the New York Times Opinion Pages This week’s 78-to-22 vote in the Senate to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act provided a refreshing demonstration of bipartisanship that the House would do well to emulate. Last year, the Republican-led...