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For Labor Trafficked Immigrants, T-Visas Are A Life-Saving But Flawed Relief
In 2018, the police came to a home in Saugus, Massachusetts, to rescue Anabelle Masalon, a Filipina housekeeper who had ...
Us Departments Of Labor And Health And Human Services Announce Additional Steps To Tackle Child Labor Violations, Strengthening Coordination
The new agreement further increases coordination and information sharing to help prevent and address child labor violations The U.S. Departments of ...
Teen Dating Violence Can Lead to Human Trafficking, but Healthy Relationships Can Prevent Both
In her Voices of Freedom conversation, Evelyn Chumbow explains what was most helpful when leaving her trafficking situation: “having someone there ...
Children’s Online Safety Bills are the Future?
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on children’s online safety on Tuesday, senators attempted to breathe new life into past ...
DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking Releases FY 2022 Annual Report
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the second Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) Annual Report, outlining ...
Voters In Five States Have The Chance To Wipe Slavery And Indentured Servitude Off The Books
WashingtonCNN —When slavery was outlawed in the US in 1865, the 13th Amendment included one exception. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as ...
The Trafficking in Persons Office Announces Recipients of the 2022 Program to End Modern Slavery Awards
The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) is pleased to announce seven new awards under the Program ...
Three Men Sentenced To Federal Prison On Charges Related To Human Trafficking
Each admitted to role in forced farm labor in Operation Blooming Onion BRUNSWICK, GA:Â Three men have been sentenced to ...
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Justice Department Strategy To Combat Human Trafficking
ATLANTA – U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today released the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking ...
Secretary Becerra Announces New HHS Task Force to Prevent Human Trafficking
Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra publicly announced the formation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...