Month: January 2020
When you think of trafficking, you often immediately think of sex trafficking, but that’s only half of the equation. Here are three things you probably didn’t know about human trafficking.
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In The Think Table, Immigrant Food’s micro digital think tank, we slice and dice the immigration issue into easily digestible portions and engage with experts and immigrants to learn a little more about the important issues facing immigrants right now. Each month, our Communications Director, Téa, has coffee with some of the nation’s leading experts but also the immigrations who are affected directly by these issues.
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Read MoreImmigrant Victims of Human Trafficking Afraid to Report
by Katherine Flannery & Katherine Soltis of Ayuda
January is human trafficking awareness month, an issue that disproportionally affects immigrants who are often afraid to report their traffickers due to fear of being deported. Most immigrants come to the U.S. on a visa that is tied to their employer, and leaving an abusive situation can result in loss of legal immigration status.
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