US justice department halts funding for human-trafficking survivors
DoJ has nearly $90m appropriated by Congress to support victims, but organizations say funding has been cutMore than 100 organizations that support victims of human trafficking have lost funding since October, leaving thousands of survivors at risk, a Guardian investigation has...
<p>DoJ has nearly $90m appropriated by Congress to support victims, but organizations say funding has been cut</p><p>More than 100 organizations that support victims of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/human-trafficking">human trafficking</a> have lost funding since October, leaving thousands of survivors at risk, a Guardian investigation has found.</p><p>Anti-trafficking advocates say the US Department of Justice’s failure to spend nearly $90m appropriated by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-congress">Congress</a> is impeding law-enforcement investigations and exposing survivors to homelessness and the risk of deportation, jail time or re-exploitation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/justice-department-human-trafficking-survivors-support-funding">Continue reading...</a>
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