Visa Program Aimed to Persuade Victims to Report Traffickers is Underused, Says NBC Reporter
07.11.11
Visa Program Aimed to Persuade Victims to Report Traffickers is Underused, Says NBC Reporter
The “T Visa,” which offers trafficking victims protection – and even citizenship – in exchange for their help putting traffickers behind bars is an underused program, NBC reporter Azriel James Relph writes. Since T Visas became available in 2002, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services has been authorized to issue up to 5,000 a year — or enough for 10 percent of the 50,000 men, women and children trafficked into the U.S. for prostitution and forced labor each year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
