Since dictator Fidel Castro took power in Cuba, the regime has offered a safe haven to criminal fugitives seeking to escape justice. Currently, there are at least 90 fugitives receiving safe harbor in Cuba. From convicted felon Joanne Chesimard, to William “Guillermo”...
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Following the suspension of Rob Malley, the U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, for being a potential counterintelligence threat, Republican Senators demanded an investigation into the Biden-Harris Administration’s actions. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concluded...
China’s trade manipulations will devastate us—it’s time to fight back U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) September 19, 2024 New York Post Industries reel, companies crumble, and factories close their doors for good…. This could be a description of the original “China...
Under the Trump Administration, Chinese-manufactured imports were subject to large tariffs. China countered with a multi-pronged strategy to evade U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions. Recently, Chinese manufacturers have exploited a loophole in U.S. trade law by...
Forced labor is used around the world, particularly in the People’s Republic of China where the government continues to brutally repress Uyghurs and other ethnic groups from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The U.S. must remain firm in its unwavering...
Today is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery which marks the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others on December 2, 1949.
In 1949, the UN acknowledged the prevalence of modern day slavery across the globe. The United States is a leader in the efforts to combat human trafficking. The U.S. State Department estimates worldwide 800,000 people are trafficked each year, with about 17,000 of those being trafficked in the United States. Sadly, my home state of Florida has a large prevalence of both labor trafficking and sex trafficking. This is why I am a co-sponsor of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S.1301) which is currently under consideration in the U.S. Senate. This bipartisan bill seeks to engage existing trafficking laws and programs to address changing needs in the fight against human trafficking.
Today, I visited the Kristi House in Miami, Florida with my wife Jeanette. Kristi House began working with commercial sexually exploited children in 2007. They have a special unit, Project Gold, that works directly with minor victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking to provide the flexibility, creativity, and dedication necessary to successfully engage this special population for services, encourage their healing, and pave the way for their future success. Human trafficking is a crime that is often under-reported and overlooked by the public. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, we all need to open our eyes to the world around us and find a way that we can help stop it.