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One year ago, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act — the centerpiece of U.S. policies against modern-day slavery around the world — expired because Congress failed to reauthorize it in time. Since then, concerned citizens and groups who work to protect children have advocated for the reauthorization bill to be passed. Below is our latest update from Jesse Eaves, World Vision’s child protection policy adviser....

Recently, Jessica Bosquette shared how she saw the Trafficking Victims Protection Act make a difference in the lives of children in the Dominican Republic. She also shared that if Americans failed to tell their senators they want the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act to pass, the positive results it has yielded will be gone. Today, Jesse Eaves, WV Policy Advisor on child protection, provides an update on the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. He has news that requires a response– if Americans want to see results, we must act soon. *     *     * There’s no doubt about it – it’s been a scorcher in Washington, D.C. Luckily for us, the heat outside is only matched by the heat inside...

Upon arriving at the courthouse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, we walked up four flights of stairs and into a sparse, yet lively courtroom. We took our seats on the wooden benches and listened as a pastor from a local church translated the defense attorney’s remarks from Spanish into Creole for three young men. I was witnessing my first human trafficking trial — and the Dominican Republic’s first forced child begging case....