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America, along with Mexico and the Philippines, was ranked as one of the world's worst places for human trafficking in 2018. It is estimated that between 18,000 and 20,000 victims are trafficked into the United States every year – 71% of whom enter the US legally. Since 2007, more than 49,000 cases of human trafficking have been reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. The Mexican state of Tlaxcala has been identified as the biggest source of sex slaves to the US. In 2015, five out of 10 of Homeland Security's "most wanted" sex traffickers were from Tenancingo, in Tlaxcala. It is estimated that one in 10 people from Tenancingo were involved in human trafficking.

Pending Legislation: H.R.530 - REUNITE Act
Sponsor: Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY)
Status: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship (Judiciary)
Chair: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA)



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  • I oppose reforming current child trafficking policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of either Nancy Pelosi (CA).
  • I support reuniting children and their parents or legal guardians who were apprehended for illegal entry into the United States by:

    1.) Developing procedures and programs to identify separated family members, allowing apprehended parents or legal guardians to have frequent no-cost contact with their separated children, and coordinate with foreign consulates to locate apprehended individuals.

    2.) Ensuring immediate reunification of apprehended children with a parent or legal guardian, but may make exceptions for the child's safety.

    3.) Using DNA testing to determine family relationships, but shall first use other methods, such as official documents; developing procedures for instances where the aliens refuse to consent to DNA testing; specifying that collected DNA information may not be used for any purpose other than family reunification, including criminal or immigration enforcement.

    4.) Restoring the Family Case Management Program, an alternative to detention program that uses case managers to promote compliance with immigration law obligations, and establishing the Office for Locating and Reuniting Children with Parents.

    5.) Allowing aliens to have access to counsel inside immigration detention facilities, and the DOJ to provide counsel for immigration proceedings. DOJ shall provide counsel if necessary for children and vulnerable individuals, and children's cases shall be heard individually.

    And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.


Winning Option
  • I support reuniting children and their parents or legal guardians who were apprehended for illegal entry into the United States by:

    1.) Developing procedures and programs to identify separated family members, allowing apprehended parents or legal guardians to have frequent no-cost contact with their separated children, and coordinate with foreign consulates to locate apprehended individuals.

    2.) Ensuring immediate reunification of apprehended children with a parent or legal guardian, but may make exceptions for the child's safety.

    3.) Using DNA testing to determine family relationships, but shall first use other methods, such as official documents; developing procedures for instances where the aliens refuse to consent to DNA testing; specifying that collected DNA information may not be used for any purpose other than family reunification, including criminal or immigration enforcement.

    4.) Restoring the Family Case Management Program, an alternative to detention program that uses case managers to promote compliance with immigration law obligations, and establishing the Office for Locating and Reuniting Children with Parents.

    5.) Allowing aliens to have access to counsel inside immigration detention facilities, and the DOJ to provide counsel for immigration proceedings. DOJ shall provide counsel if necessary for children and vulnerable individuals, and children's cases shall be heard individually.

    And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
There has been $0.00 pledged in support of this issue
Trustee Candidates

If elected as a trustee, the campaign committee of Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA) will be unconditionally awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting her to favorably consider reintroducing H.R.530 - REUNITE Act.

If elected as a trustee, Polaris Project will be awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting these funds be used to expand its efforts to reduce or eliminate child trafficking, provide services for victims, and work and advocate on their behalf.

Polaris is leading a data-driven social justice movement to fight sex and labor trafficking at the massive scale of the problem – 25 million people worldwide deprived of the freedom to choose how they live and work. For more than a decade, Polaris has assisted thousands of victims and survivors through the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, helped ensure countless traffickers were held accountable and built the largest known U.S. data set on actual trafficking experiences. With the guidance of survivors, we use that data to improve the way trafficking is identified, how victims and survivors are assisted, and how communities, businesses and governments can prevent human trafficking by transforming the underlying inequities and oppressions that make it possible.
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Trustee Election - Opening Date
October 18, 2021
Trustee Election - Closing Date
October 25, 2021