Read The Polaris Project's blog about the importance of the new policy.
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The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced a policy update that will better support noncitizen victims of crime. Read the announcement on the US ICE website.
The Polaris Project writes "One of the most powerful weapons a trafficker has to use against an immigrant victim is the threat to have that person deported back to the place they worked so hard to escape." Learn more about why this updated policy is so important to victims of human trafficking.
Forms of Abolition:
Policy Making,
Prosecution
Forms of Slavery:
Forced Labor,
Domestic Servitude
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