Todays News Headlines (March 20th 2025)
Today's News Headlines
Left Voice: Human Trafficking by the State: Trump Sends 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Mega-jail, 19 Mar 2025
- Flouting a court order, the Trump administration has now invoked a wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in a third country, where they are subjected to physical and psychological abuse and denied due process.
UK Parliament: MPs to hold a debate on the tenth anniversary of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, 19 Mar 2025
- On Thursday 27 March in the Chamber, MPs will hold a debate on the tenth anniversary of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Forbes: NGOs Say U.K. Government Neglecting Victims Of Trafficking And Slavery, 20 Mar 2025
- The amount of people rejected from the United Kingdom’s main anti-modern slavery mechanism has dramatically increased, according to a group of U.K. charities. They lay the blame on a change made in 2022, obliging people who have recently escaped a state of slavery or forced labor to present an unrealistic amount of evidence.
International Justice Mission: This powerful tool to end modern-day slavery isn’t talked about enough, 18 Mar 2025Federal funding can help save lives.
- Each year, Congress is responsible for determining how the federal government spends its budget… As an American who cares about ending trafficking and violence around the world, it’s time to reach out to your members of Congress and urge them to protect funds for TIP Office staffing and anti-trafficking programs.
Alaska Beacon: A House bill could establish a permanent commitment to ending human trafficking in Alaska, 19 Mar 2025
- While we are grateful for the progress made through partnerships, the discussion around House Bill 118 brings into sharp focus the reality that we have a long way to go. HB 118 will establish the Council on Human and Sex Trafficking within the Department of Public Safety, coordinating data collection, victim services, and public awareness initiatives.
