WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump will propose a $42 million budget increase in February to expand support for victims of human trafficking and to boost investigations and prosecutions, two administration officials told McClatchy.
The budget increase is part of a push by Ivanka Trump, the president's senior adviser and daughter, to increase attention to the illegal trade ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the first law that made human trafficking a federal crime.
The president, his daughter and Attorney General William Barr plan to attend a summit marking the occasion at the White House on Friday.
