By Crystal DeBoise, Most discussions of trafficking in persons elicit images of a young immigrant woman in peril. And while such images correctly remind us of the vulnerable situations faced by women who work in low-wage industries, we often forget that trafficking affects everyone, regardless of their gender or gender identity. The experiences and [...]

  When a person is trafficked, he or she experiences some type of force, fraud, or coercion in a work setting. Trafficking is about living in a climate of fear. This means that trafficked persons often experience isolation and invisibility, are subjected to abuses of power by their employers, and they have little or no [...]

  Arizona’s SB 1070 has left a path of destruction in its wake – harming families, immigrant communities, and various state economies, especially agribusinesses and farms.  Georgia, Utah, Indiana, South Carolina, and Alabama have attempted to follow Arizona’s example with their own laws targeting immigrants.  These anti-immigrant laws end up harming all of our communities [...]

  According to Free the Slaves Organization, there are currently 27 million people who are modern slaves.  Every year there are 17,500 people trafficked into the United States from other countries.  Additionally, while eighty percent of the transnational victims are women and girls, a majority of the people (up to fifty percent) are minors (US [...]

  The 250-year legacy of slavery continues to permeate throughout contemporary United States.  However, these days, the images we see are likely to be those of immigrants from the global South.  Instead of state-sanctioned ownership and exploitation of workers inside the home or out in the fields, today’s federal government and most state regimes have [...]