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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Hudson

Trump administration will ‘enable human trafficking’ by freezing funds for survivors, groups warn

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The US Capitol Building in Washington DC. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Anti-trafficking groups across the US have sent Congress a letter raising alarms about the Trump administration’s failure to release $88m in funding to protect survivors of human trafficking.

The letter from 74 legal, religious and advocacy groups says that the US Department of Justice has frozen funding for more than 100 service organizations across the country that help victims “escape their traffickers” and gain access to “the services and support that they need to survive”.

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