{"id":9050,"date":"2022-08-25T14:22:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/?p=9050"},"modified":"2022-09-06T13:12:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:12:35","slug":"what-to-know-about-labor-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/2022\/08\/25\/what-to-know-about-labor-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About Labor Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Labor trafficking is the most prevalent form of trafficking. Since labor trafficking is often not highlighted, there are a lot of misconceptions about what it is and who is affected by it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Labor trafficking is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2021-trafficking-in-persons-report\/#report-toc__section-10\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">glossed over or not recognized<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in many anti-trafficking efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Labor trafficking can happen in any employment sector including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/stories\/angelas-story-survivor-of-human-trafficking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">domestic work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/11\/nyregion\/nj-hindu-temple-india-baps.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">construction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and agriculture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Labor trafficking survivors can work alongside non-trafficked people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HT-and-Child-Labor-1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be survivors of labor trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Traffickers can target anyone but often target immigrants to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mosaicservices.org\/interview-with-a-labor-trafficking-survivor-yuri\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use their citizenship status<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.castla.org\/what-happened-to-me-should-never-happen-to-anyone-else\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">method of coercion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Labor traffickers can be anyone, including family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Many labor trafficking survivors who migrated to the US come to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thecounter.org\/human-trafficking-agriculture-h2a-visa-farmworkers-covid-19\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S legally<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, many on a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Temporary-Workers-H2-May2018.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">temporary worker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> visa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Homelessness and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/blog\/the-intersection-of-human-trafficking-and-homelessness\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">poverty increases<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one\u2019s risk to labor trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. Labor trafficking can be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/archive\/otip\/fact-sheet\/fact-sheet-labor-trafficking-english#Health\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">very traumatic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and cause PTSD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Labor trafficking can happen on both small and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/11\/nyregion\/nj-hindu-temple-india-baps.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">large scales<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> affecting individuals and large groups of people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor trafficking is the most prevalent form of trafficking. Since labor trafficking is often not highlighted, there are a lot of misconceptions about what it is and who is affected by it. 1. 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