President Bush Signs Bill to Combat Human Trafficking

President George W. Bush signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Jan. 10, 2006.

“Human trafficking is an offense against human dignity, a crime in which human beings, many of them teenagers and young children, are bought and sold and often sexually abused by violent criminals,” said President Bush. “Our nation is determined to fight and end this modern form of slavery. And this bipartisan bill will help expand our efforts to combat this brutal crime that steals innocence and destroys lives.”

To view the President’s complete remarks at the bill signing, go to: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060110-3.html.

For more information on ACF’s campaign to end human trafficking, go to: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/.

 

 

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