An open letter Congress WASHINGTON – This week’s nearly-unanimous congressional action in the Epstein case was an important affirmation that survivors of human trafficking deserve justice. But other action is also urgently needed toward a broader goal of protecting everyone from...
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ATEST Applauds Senate Passage of Trafficking Act Reauthorization
ATEST applauds Senate passage Thursday of the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (ITVPRA), which was merged into the annual defense reauthorization package S.Amdt.3608 to S.2296, Section 5641. Significant portions of the trafficking act lapsed four years...
TIP Report Release Reveals Serious Perils for America’s Anti-trafficking Efforts
WASHINGTON – The most important takeaway from last week’s publication of the 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report isn’t what’s inside the document, but the circumstances of its release. The future of the report itself is in peril, as is the office that produces it. 2025...
ATEST Urges Congress to Act on Anti-trafficking Legislation as 25th Anniversary of TVPA Approaches
September 15, 2025 Honorable Members of the United States Senate Honorable Members of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. | Via email Re: URGENT UNFINISHED BUSINESS REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING Reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act on its...
ATEST Applauds Senate Passage of Anti-trafficking Act Reauthorization
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds members of the U.S. Senate for yesterday’s passage of S. 920, the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024. The bill was approved by voice vote. The landmark U.S. anti-trafficking act, first...
ATEST Recommends Policy and Budget Priorities to Trump Transition Team
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today provided key recommendations for how the incoming administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump can combat forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery during his second term in office. Read the recommendations: ...
ATEST Applauds House Passage of Trafficking Act Renewal
In a resounding bipartisan vote Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act (H.R. 5856). The vote was 414 to 11. The U.S. has the world’s most comprehensive governmental effort to fight human...
ATEST Endorses House Trafficking Act Reauthorization
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is pleased to endorse reauthorization of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act (TVPRA). H.R. 5856, authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), and introduced with many bipartisan...
ATEST Applauds Re-introduction of International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
WASHINGTON – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds key members of the Senate Foreign Relaitons Committee for re-introduction of the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act - TVPRA (S. 920). The bill was part of a package introduced in the...
Congress Passes, President Signs Partial Reauthorization of Trafficking Victims Protection Act
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden this week signed two bills passed in December during the final days of the 117th Congress to reauthorize portions of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). ATEST applauds enactment of these bipartisan measures and calls on the current Congress...