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...

The Trump administration has signaled a potential plan to use military bases for holding immigrant children who cross the southern border. These children would include both unaccompanied minors and children separated from their families by the U.S. government. The Alliance to End Slavery...

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) is the United States’ single most crucial law on combating human trafficking and modern slavery, and on providing support to the victims of this heinous crime. The Senate’s unanimous passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of...

  The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) and Freedom Network USA (FN USA) oppose any attempt to amend or eliminate section 235 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008, which provides important...

The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) welcomes the introduction of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 (TVPA) (S. 1312), introduced today by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bob Corker (R-TN),...

The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) welcomes the introduction of the Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 (S.1311), introduced today by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Bob Corker (R-TN), Sherrod Brown...