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What progress did the Obama Administration's make in the fight against trafficking record? Seth Daire and JJ Janflone take a look at some achievements and some shortcomings of the outgoing administration's anti-trafficking efforts.

Sources:

Federal Strategic Action Plan - https://www.acf.hhs.gov/otip/initiatives/federal-plan

DHS Blue Campaign - https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/fact-sheet-obama-administration-announces-efforts-combat-human-trafficki

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/executive-order-strengthening-protections-against-trafficking-persons-fe

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/01/05/fact-sheet-presidents-interagency-task-force-monitor-and-combat

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/10/24/fact-sheet-building-lasting-effort-end-modern-slavery

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/opinion/obama-administration-ignores-malaysias-trafficking-record.html

Hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone are joined by guest Rex Hamaker to discuss the exaggerated claims about the scope of sex trafficking at the Super Bowl, how that can be harmful, and the challenge of good data. While signs point to sex and labor trafficking increasing during big events like the Super Bowl, the data doesn't support the mythic claims. Suggestions on how to get for trafficking and how to get involved are given.

CoNEHT: Colorado's Human Trafficking Hotline 866-455-5075

http://combathumantrafficking.org/2016/12/coneht-colorados-human-trafficking-hotline/

National Human Trafficking Hotline 888-373-7888

http://polarisproject.org/

Verité Knowledge Portal for supply chain: http://knowledge.verite.org/#/map

Products of Slavery: https://www.productsofslavery.org/

http://humantraffickingcenter.org/8-things-to-do-instead-of-worrying-about-the-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-myth/

https://www.mccaininstitute.org/news/asu-study-on-sex-trafficking-during-super-bowl-2015/

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/2015-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-study-released

http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/escort.asp

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b0fb92f0dc3548788ff9bcc7fba067ec/fbi-tries-new-approach-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-fight

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/opinion/the-super-bowl-of-sex-trafficking.html?_r=0

http://www.gaatw.org/publications/WhatstheCostofaRumour.11.15.2011.pdf

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jan/29/john-cornyn/does-sex-trafficking-increase-around-super-bowl/

http://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/news-san-francisco-sex-labor-trafficking-super-bowl-prostitution-sfpd-nfl-sex-work-sports-law-enforcement-fb/Content?oid=4434964

http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/02/02/sex-and-the-super-bowl-indianapolis-spotlight-teen-sex-trafficking/print/

https://deadspin.com/the-truth-about-the-nfl-the-super-bowl-and-sex-slaver-1511917053

http://wearyourvoicemag.com/more/social-justice/super-bowl-sunday-womens-safety-noble-lies

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ariel-zwang/sex-trafficking-increases_b_9163046.html

Hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone are joined by guest Rex Hamaker to discuss the exaggerated claims about the scope of sex trafficking at the Super Bowl, how that can be harmful, and the challenge of good data. While signs point to sex and labor trafficking increasing during big events like the Super Bowl, the data doesn't support the mythic claims. Suggestions on how to get for trafficking and how to get involved are given.

CoNEHT: Colorado's Human Trafficking Hotline 866-455-5075

http://combathumantrafficking.org/2016/12/coneht-colorados-human-trafficking-hotline/

National Human Trafficking Hotline 888-373-7888

http://polarisproject.org/

Verité Knowledge Portal for supply chain: http://knowledge.verite.org/#/map

Products of Slavery: https://www.productsofslavery.org/

http://humantraffickingcenter.org/8-things-to-do-instead-of-worrying-about-the-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-myth/

https://www.mccaininstitute.org/news/asu-study-on-sex-trafficking-during-super-bowl-2015/

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/2015-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-study-released

http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/escort.asp

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b0fb92f0dc3548788ff9bcc7fba067ec/fbi-tries-new-approach-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-fight

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/opinion/the-super-bowl-of-sex-trafficking.html?_r=0

http://www.gaatw.org/publications/WhatstheCostofaRumour.11.15.2011.pdf

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jan/29/john-cornyn/does-sex-trafficking-increase-around-super-bowl/

http://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/news-san-francisco-sex-labor-trafficking-super-bowl-prostitution-sfpd-nfl-sex-work-sports-law-enforcement-fb/Content?oid=4434964

http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/02/02/sex-and-the-super-bowl-indianapolis-spotlight-teen-sex-trafficking/print/

https://deadspin.com/the-truth-about-the-nfl-the-super-bowl-and-sex-slaver-1511917053

http://wearyourvoicemag.com/more/social-justice/super-bowl-sunday-womens-safety-noble-lies

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ariel-zwang/sex-trafficking-increases_b_9163046.html

IJM's Lead Advocacy Director for Colorado, Camerron Resener, joins host Seth Daire to discuss The End Modern Slavery Initiative Act (EMSI) which passed as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (NDAA) in December 2016. The law authorizes funding for a non-profit, grant-making foundation in the District of Columbia that will fund anti-trafficking programs and projects outside the United States.

Senator Corker's EMSI Page: https://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/end-modern-slavery-initiative-act

Original EMSI Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/553/text

NDAA Act (see Sec. 1276.): https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2016/06/15/senate-section/article/S4011-1

IJM's Recommendations for the U.S. Government's Policy on Global Slavery and Trafficking

IJM's Lead Advocacy Director for Colorado, Camerron Resener, joins host Seth Daire to discuss The End Modern Slavery Initiative Act (EMSI) which passed as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (NDAA) in December 2016. The law authorizes funding for a non-profit, grant-making foundation in the District of Columbia that will fund anti-trafficking programs and projects outside the United States.

Senator Corker's EMSI Page: https://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/end-modern-slavery-initiative-act

Original EMSI Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/553/text

NDAA Act (see Sec. 1276.): https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2016/06/15/senate-section/article/S4011-1

IJM's Recommendations for the U.S. Government's Policy on Global Slavery and Trafficking

How does migration policy affect human trafficking? Host Seth Daire and guest Amber Moffett of the Human Trafficking Center discuss how migration policy needs to adequately identity and protect victims, be aware of how cartels control smuggling routes, consider how hardline measures increase debt, and know that migrants who are being afraid to make their presence known even when they are being exploited. People who feel 'othered' are more vulnerable to trafficking.

Sources:

Aguirre International. "The California Farm Labor Force Overview and Trends from the National Agricultural Workers Survey." http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu/documents/CalifFarmLaborForceNAWS.pdf

Brysk, Alison and Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick. From Human Trafficking to Human Rights: Reframing Contemporary Slavery. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.

Chacón, Jennifer M. "Misery and Myopia: Understanding the Failures of U.S. Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=931448Colorado Legal Services Migrant Farm Worker Division. "Sheepherders Project." http://coloradofarmworkers.org/sheepherders.html

Davis, Jason and Hallie Eakin. "Chiapas’ Delayed Entry into the International Labour Market: A Story of Peasant Isolation, Exploitation, and Coercion." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326006/

DeStefano, Anthony M. The War on Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy Assessed. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2007.

Kempadoo, Kamala, ed. Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights. Boulder: Paradigm, 2005.

Login, TK. "Human Trafficking in Kentucky." University of Kentucky. July 2007. http://www.cdar.uky.edu/CoerciveControl/docs/Human%20Trafficking%20in%20Kentucky.pdf

Nir, Sarah Maslin. "The Price of Nails." The New York Times. May 7, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/nyregion/at-nail-salons-in-nyc-manicurists-are-underpaid-and-unprotected.html?_r=0

Mines, Richard, Nichols Sandra and David Runsten. California’s Indigenous Farmworkers. http://www.indigenousfarmworkers.org/IFS%20Full%20Report%20_Jan2010.pdf

Planet Money. "Episode 675: The Cost Of Crossing." http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/01/08/462438973/episode-675-the-cost-of-crossing

Sharma, Nandita. "Travel Agency: A Critique of Anti-Trafficking Campaigns." Refuge 12, no. 3 (2003). https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21302/19973

USCIS. "Victims of Human Trafficking: T Nonimmigrant Status." https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/victims-human-trafficking-other-crimes/victims-human-trafficking-t-nonimmigrant-status

USCIS. "Victims of Criminal Activity: U Nonimmigrant Status." https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/victims-human-trafficking-other-crimes/victims-criminal-activity-u-nonimmigrant-status/victims-criminal-activity-u-nonimmigrant-status

 

How does migration policy affect human trafficking? Host Seth Daire and guest Amber Moffett of the Human Trafficking Center discuss how migration policy needs to adequately identity and protect victims, be aware of how cartels control smuggling routes, consider how hardline measures increase debt, and know that migrants who are being afraid to make their presence known even when they are being exploited. People who feel 'othered' are more vulnerable to trafficking.

Sources:

Aguirre International. "The California Farm Labor Force Overview and Trends from the National Agricultural Workers Survey." http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu/documents/CalifFarmLaborForceNAWS.pdf

Brysk, Alison and Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick. From Human Trafficking to Human Rights: Reframing Contemporary Slavery. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.

Chacón, Jennifer M. "Misery and Myopia: Understanding the Failures of U.S. Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=931448Colorado Legal Services Migrant Farm Worker Division. "Sheepherders Project." http://coloradofarmworkers.org/sheepherders.html

Davis, Jason and Hallie Eakin. "Chiapas’ Delayed Entry into the International Labour Market: A Story of Peasant Isolation, Exploitation, and Coercion." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326006/

DeStefano, Anthony M. The War on Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy Assessed. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2007.

Kempadoo, Kamala, ed. Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights. Boulder: Paradigm, 2005.

Login, TK. "Human Trafficking in Kentucky." University of Kentucky. July 2007. http://www.cdar.uky.edu/CoerciveControl/docs/Human%20Trafficking%20in%20Kentucky.pdf

Nir, Sarah Maslin. "The Price of Nails." The New York Times. May 7, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/nyregion/at-nail-salons-in-nyc-manicurists-are-underpaid-and-unprotected.html?_r=0

Mines, Richard, Nichols Sandra and David Runsten. California’s Indigenous Farmworkers. http://www.indigenousfarmworkers.org/IFS%20Full%20Report%20_Jan2010.pdf

Planet Money. "Episode 675: The Cost Of Crossing." http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/01/08/462438973/episode-675-the-cost-of-crossing

Sharma, Nandita. "Travel Agency: A Critique of Anti-Trafficking Campaigns." Refuge 12, no. 3 (2003). https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21302/19973

USCIS. "Victims of Human Trafficking: T Nonimmigrant Status." https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/victims-human-trafficking-other-crimes/victims-human-trafficking-t-nonimmigrant-status

USCIS. "Victims of Criminal Activity: U Nonimmigrant Status." https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/victims-human-trafficking-other-crimes/victims-criminal-activity-u-nonimmigrant-status/victims-criminal-activity-u-nonimmigrant-status

 

Amber Moffett, Graduate Associate Director of the Human Trafficking Center, joins host Seth Daire for a discussion about how refugees and asylees are vulnerable to trafficking and other forms of exploitation. They explain the difference between refugee and asylee status, and how a ‘well-founded fear’ because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular group is required, along with a long vetting process. Those who lack citizenship rights to protect them are in a precious situation. While the United States can't take care of everybody, the current refugee crisis requires a thoughtful and compassionate response, as the effects ripple throughout the world, and demonizing refugees adds to their vulnerability, making them easier prey for human traffickers.

Sources:

Statelessness: http://cmsny.org/the-stateless-in-the-united-states/

1951 Refugee Convention: http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/1951-refugee-convention.html

Screening Process for Refugee Entry into the US: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/11/20/infographic-screening-process-refugee-entry-united-states

Moffett, Amber. "Sending the Vulnerable to Traffickers: A discussion of refugee vulnerability and migration policies." 2015.

Colorado Asylum Project

Amber Moffett, Graduate Associate Director of the Human Trafficking Center, joins host Seth Daire for a discussion about how refugees and asylees are vulnerable to trafficking and other forms of exploitation. They explain the difference between refugee and asylee status, and how a ‘well-founded fear’ because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular group is required, along with a long vetting process. Those who lack citizenship rights to protect them are in a precious situation. While the United States can't take care of everybody, the current refugee crisis requires a thoughtful and compassionate response, as the effects ripple throughout the world, and demonizing refugees adds to their vulnerability, making them easier prey for human traffickers.

Sources:

Statelessness: http://cmsny.org/the-stateless-in-the-united-states/

1951 Refugee Convention: http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/1951-refugee-convention.html

Screening Process for Refugee Entry into the US: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/11/20/infographic-screening-process-refugee-entry-united-states

Moffett, Amber. "Sending the Vulnerable to Traffickers: A discussion of refugee vulnerability and migration policies." 2015.

Colorado Asylum Project

Author Andi Cumbo-Floyd joins host Seth Daire to discuss her books, which involve researching the history of enslaved persons and grappling with how the legacy of slavery impacts us today. In The Slaves Have Names: Ancestors Of My Home, Andi explored the histories of the enslaved persons who had lived on the plantation that later became her home. Steele Secrets and Charlotte and the Twelve: A Steele Secrets Story are fictional accounts through the eyes of Mary Steele, who happens upon ghosts whose presence challenges her community to learn more about the plight of African-Americans there and face uncomfortable truths in the present. Visit Andi's website at www.andilit.com for more information about her books and editing services.