Little-known visa intended for trafficking victims is chronically underused

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

This despite the fact that between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the U.S. every year, according to State Department estimates – exactly the people lawmakers aimed to protect when they passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence …
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'EastEnders': Former Pop Star And 'I'm A Celebrity' Winner Matt Willis To Join …

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Matt Willis, who shot to fame as one third of pop act Busted in the nineties, is to join 'EastEnders'. … Executive Producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said: 'It will be a real treat for viewers to watch him and Lacey together on screen as part of her …
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Upfront: Gimme shelter!

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Last year, more than 2,000 Marin residents provided volunteer services in the program, which sheltered 325 people. …. "The Affordable Care Act has yet to be implemented to bring a lot of people who have, for a variety of reasons, not had health …
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Iowa AG Miller asks Congress to provide money to battle human trafficking

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Through letters sent to two U.S. House and Senate appropriations subcommittees, the bipartisan group of 47 attorneys general is asking lawmakers to fund the Trafficking Victims Protection Act for two more years. The law, which Congress first enacted in …
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