Tag: Human Trafficking

Hopefully the legislation introduced by Sens. Rubio and Menendez will succeed in Congress, preventing the politicization of human trafficking. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sens. Rubio, Menendez stand up to human trafficking

Justin Haskins · February 17, 2017 12:00 pm

Ashton Kutcher nearly breaks down at Senate hearing on sex trafficking

Kelly Cohen · February 15, 2017 5:25 pm

Kutcher blew Sen. McCain a kiss, after the senator told the actor and investor, "You were better looking in the movies." (Screengrab/@NBCNews)

Watch: Ashton Kutcher blows a kiss to John McCain

Kelly Cohen · February 15, 2017 4:06 pm

California's Senate Bill 1322 recognized exploited children in sex trafficking for what they are: victims. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Protecting victims is a conservative value

Joel Anderson · February 2, 2017 11:00 am

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations picked up nearly 2,000 people. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US human trafficking arrests hit all-time high in 2016

Anna Giaritelli · January 24, 2017 12:58 am

Backpage.com, regarded as the Internet's top space for selling sex, concealed evidence of criminality, including underage prostitution, a Senate investigation unveiled. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Bipartisan investigation reveals Backpage.com covered up signs of child sex trafficking

Kyle Feldscher · January 10, 2017 3:44 pm

It would require any country whose government sponsors forced labor to be ranked as a Tier 3 country. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rubio, Menendez push to reform U.S. human trafficking report

Kelly Cohen · December 8, 2016 11:26 pm

Federal law enforcement agents seized more than 50 illegal immigrants hiding out in stash houses in Mission, Texas, this week. (Customs and Border Protection)

More than 50 illegal immigrants found in border stash house

Anna Giaritelli · October 5, 2016 10:39 pm

President Obama and leaders of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed a new declaration Thursday to combat modern-day human slavery throughout the region. (AP Photo/S. Yulinnas, File)

U.S., Asian nations step up human trafficking fight

Susan Crabtree · September 8, 2016 1:38 pm

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar focused on ISIS in the context of human trafficking. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Klobuchar praises Clinton record against human trafficking

Rudy Takala · July 27, 2016 2:04 am

Scores for Cuba and Malaysia received scrutiny year amid efforts to improve relations with both countries. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lawmakers vow to investigate State’s human trafficking report

Susan Crabtree · June 30, 2016 5:35 pm

"Our efforts to end human trafficking will be rendered useless until the department implements the entirety of the law," Ann Wagner wrote in a letter to Loretta Lynch. (AP Photo)

Justice hasn’t implemented law that delayed Lynch’s confirmation

Joel Gehrke · May 24, 2016 10:27 pm