For Release: February 1, 2017 Washington, D.C. – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds the bipartisan, bicameral introduction of the Stop, Observe, Ask and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act (S. 256, H.R. 767) championed by Senators Heidi Heitkamp...
Tag: Legislation
Survivors of Human Trafficking Need Help in Wiping Legal Slate Clean
"Vacatur" laws provide hope for starting a new life, but the Legislature must act. By Jenny Gaines Published on January 27, 2017 by the Star Tribune Should a 14-year-old child trafficked into the sex trade be considered a criminal, or a victim? What about a 42-year-old...
ATEST Statement of Support for the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (H.R. 459)
For Release: January 11, 2017 Washington, D.C. – The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) is proud to support the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (H.R. 459). Human trafficking victims are often forced to commit crimes by their traffickers as part of their...
ATEST Applauds the Authorization of the End Modern Slavery Initiative
For Release: December 9, 2016 Washington, D.C. – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking worldwide, applauds the authorization of the End Modern Slavery Initiative within the...
ATEST Letter to Support the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (S. 3441 and H.R. 6292)
October 18, 2016 Dear Senators Gillibrand and Portman and Representatives Wagner, Gabbard, and Jolly: The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) and the 165 undersigned organizations are proud to support the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act ( S. 3441 and H.R. 6292)...
New Legislation Would Bring Transparency to America’s Work Visa System and Help Fight Human Trafficking
ATEST joins Polaris, the Economic Policy Institute, and Global Workers Justice Alliance in expressing support for a newly introduced bill designed to shed light on the poorly understood temporary foreign worker visa system. The Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act, a new bill...
A First Step Toward Stopping the Import of Goods Made With Forced and Child Labor
The Senate voted last week to close a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930, a law that prohibits goods made by forced, child or prison labor from entering the United States unless the United States doesn’t produce enough of those goods to meet consumer demand. This ‘consumptive...
One Step Closer to Stopping the Import of Goods made with Forced Labour
By David Abramowitz, Humanity United Published on February 28, 2016 in the Thomson Reuters Foundation News Blog The International Labor Organization estimates that nearly 21 million people around the world are subject to forced labour. That astounding number begs the question:...
ATEST Applauds Elimination of 85-Year-Old Loophole that has Allowed Products Made with Forced or Child Labor into the United States
For Release: February 16, 2016 The Senate voted last week to close a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930, a law that prohibits goods made by forced, child or prison labor from entering the United States unless the United States doesn’t produce enough of those goods to meet consumer...
Human Trafficking Survivor: ‘We Need Jobs, Not Pity’
By Evelyn Chumbow Published on February 2, 2016 in CNN Freedom Project Evelyn Chumbow is an anti-trafficking survivor activist and member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. She recently received a Bachelor of Science degree in Homeland Security from University of...