In observance of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) appealed to Congressional leadership on January 11th to put partisan politics aside and reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), which expired on September 30, 2011.
On August 30, 2010, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) first corresponded with Secretary Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the Department's failure to issue regulations on the expansion of authority to permit Continued Presence in the U.S. as is required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008.
Washington, D.C. – The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) welcomes the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report, released yesterday by the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP). Despite advances in the report, ATEST has serious concerns about the Obama Administration’s commitment to hold Uzbekistan, China, Russia, and India accountable for their policies and actions aimed at addressing human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
Slavery still exists. Tens of millions of people are enslaved around the world in debt bondage, forced labor, child labor, sex trafficking, and other modern manifestations of this ancient scourge.
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