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Ending human trafficking is a national priority. Tell Congress to renew landmark human trafficking legislation.

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As a citizen of a country that stands for freedom, I am raising my voice to urge that you continue to protect the freedom of the most vulnerable. Important federal legislation to help fight human trafficking, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (S. 1301 and H.R. 2830), has expired. I believe...

As a citizen of a country that stands for freedom, I am raising my voice to urge that you continue to protect the freedom of the most vulnerable. Important federal legislation to help fight human trafficking, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (S. 1301 and H.R. 2830), has expired. I believe the TVPA is a critical asset for our country in the fight against human trafficking and modern-day slavery. At the moment, critical anti-trafficking initiatives are at risk--including law enforcement and services for survivors--but I am asking you to make reauthorizing this landmark piece of legislation your priority.

Now more than ever we need you to be a part of the movement to end slavery in our lifetime.

If you have already signed on, please urge your colleagues to do the same.

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This petition closed on April 1, 2013.

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Important federal legislation to help fight human trafficking has expired. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which includes anti-trafficking initiatives like law enforcement and services for survivors, is one of the most important tools our country has to fight human trafficking and exploitation. With the election happening, the TVPA will have a hard time gaining attention in Congress without your help. Sign the petition below to tell your member of Congress that ending slavery and human trafficking is a national priority.

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Human trafficking must be stopped. We can not ignore the fact that it is going on all around us. Let us all take a stand!

This is such a no brainer!

We must end slavery, human trafficking, child sex trafficking. We cannot give up the fight. Anyone can fall prey to this insidious practice.

Earline Bentley

I just left a board meeting of AAUW and one of our issues we deal with is human trafficking!!!!!!generational prostitution!!!!!!

These are crimes that have no place or time in this era. Let us stop it and prosecute those whose actions sustain it.

We the people need you the legislators to make some decisions.

It's time for government to start governing and stop bickering. If you were children you'd both be on time out.

They need our help.

It is important to deal with the issue of human trafficing and it can and must be stopped..We must deal with the real issues...I will take a stand and encourage you to do the same...

Josefinan L. Malate

human trafficking is a crime... so it must be stopped…

Ya, It is absolutely right the Human is not sale goods. But in this this serious crisis with their anger and greed covering life as their more advantage, here is making more people with their power and authority illegally. Some Part of movement of human trafficking involved with govern specially in Myanmar and Thailand. Most recent remarkable and researcher that government and their partner crated this trafficking because it is for their advantage of authority to influence and to show their...

Ya, It is absolutely right the Human is not sale goods. But in this this serious crisis with their anger and greed covering life as their more advantage, here is making more people with their power and authority illegally. Some Part of movement of human trafficking involved with govern specially in Myanmar and Thailand. Most recent remarkable and researcher that government and their partner crated this trafficking because it is for their advantage of authority to influence and to show their sympathy to these person having been trafficked. in our perception if religious leader would like to stop this explosion, it is only conversation indeed, but It is the major of government that ligament government honestly can do it absolutely. This hunger game of sexual explosion and human trafficking , to reduce as you saying that National Priority that can participated all of us , not only religious , not only non-government(NGO) but also legal government have to do. But Some regional victme , United National is more facing the local government even to see this process, they are remaining with it like ignore. It is first problem. Let see in Bangkok and Myanmar. Former President Bush in United Stated announced Thailand and Burma especially border, there is more increasing Human trafficking but in this region, UN has already and they know all abou it but UN is silent. it is problem those who are willing to stop this trafficking. We do not ignorent that Human trafficking derive from the Druges trafficking, because some one not need, never need but under the druges human is the sale goods. Anyhow, with your all of sympathy , by having this point of view, I am congratuation , I am participating with you all. Because in this region, thousand of mother and father is like a mad , searching for son and daughter weet eye being tear fully.

Slavery is unacceptable in any century. Please sign!

Kenny Williams

I agree Julie. Private for profit prisons donate millions to Republicans who do everything in there power to do more people in prison. It's modern day slavery.

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