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Trafficking Thrives in the Margins We Create
By Danielle E. Gary, MHC-LP, Human Trafficking Subject Matter Expert Annually, the United States government acknowledges January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The White House’s written acknowledgment summarizes the state of the human trafficking movement, identifies the most pressing…
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2025 US Advisory Council Report Provides Recommendations for Filling Major Gaps in Addressing Root Causes of Trafficking
In December 2025, the US Advisory Council released its annual report detailing its recommendations for the US government agencies to improve their responses to human trafficking. The Council is made up of 13 survivor leaders and tasked with advising the…
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FNUSA Denounces the Erasure of LGBTQ+ and Immigrant Survivors in the 2025 TIP Report
After months of advocacy from anti-trafficking organizations and Congress, the US Department of State finally released the 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on September 30, 2025, three months after its legal deadline had passed. While the report includes most…
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FNUSA Condemns Attempts to Restrict Immigrant Survivors’ Access to Critical Legal Services
This week, on August 18, 2025, the Office of Justice Programs at the US Department of Justice sent a notice to some of its grantees that implies a portion of its grantees can no longer provide certain legal services to…
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FNUSA Release Joint Statement on President’s Address on Border Crisis
Today, Freedom Network USA joins the Human Trafficking Legal Center to issue a joint statement on President’s Trump Oval Office address on January 8, 2019. As the largest coalition of human trafficking experts in the United States, we are intimately…
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FNUSA Co-Sponsor House Briefing on Immigrant Victims and Public Safety
Freedom Network USA will co-sponsor a congressional briefing this Friday, March 17, 2017. Executive Director, Jean Bruggeman will sit on the panel and speak to the negative implications that new policy developments and increased enforcement may have on immigrant survivors of human…

