US slashes global anti-slavery funding while rolling back trafficking protections at home
In a move sending shockwaves across the global anti-trafficking sector, the US government has terminated 69 US international programs addressing child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking. At the same time, the government is also ordering domestic agencies to erase references to trafficking victims’ race, immigration status, and LGBTQ+ identity. Decades of progress at risk The funding cuts will immediately end over $500 million in US Department
