Talking the anti-trafficking talk, not walking the walk. And it's much worse for immigrant victims of trafficking, especially labor trafficking (as per State Dept. 2020 TIP report).
Denial rate for T visas for victims of trafficking has risen steadily from 24 percent in 2017 to 50 percent so far this year. (Denial rate: denied/denied plus approved. Leave out pending).
uscis.gov/sites/default/…
uscis.gov/sites/default/…
I wrote about this last year. refugeesinternational.org/reports/2019/5…
And this report is very good follow up.
ilrc.org/sites/default/…
Processing times for T visas way up. Applications are down. It's a risk to apply.
And this report is very good follow up.
ilrc.org/sites/default/…
Processing times for T visas way up. Applications are down. It's a risk to apply.
And I didn't even get into labor trafficking. Oooh boy.
polarisproject.org/wp-content/upl…
polarisproject.org/wp-content/upl…
Might do a follow up on that huge issue--especially now that H-2 visas pretty much all you can get just now...
uscis.gov/working-in-the…
uscis.gov/working-in-the…
uscis.gov/working-in-the…
uscis.gov/working-in-the…
And then there is this...
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
As usual, knowing history makes all of this easier to understand. We're in a moment the administration's supporters are promoting all kinds of white slavery trafficking stories and nativism is at its height. We've been here before...
scholars.duke.edu/display/pub125…
scholars.duke.edu/display/pub125…
