Policy & Advocacy
Texas, We Need Your Help: Make A Phone Call For Freedom Today!
The fight to end slavery needs your help: will you make one phone call for freedom today?
March 02
Utah, We Need Your Help: Make A Phone Call For Freedom Today!
Senator Mike Lee is preventing the End Modern Slavery Initiative (EMSI) from coming to a vote. The EMSI is a game-changer. This bill will bring...
March 02
This News Has Us—Literally—Jumping For Joy This Christmas!
Earlier today, Congress voted to approve a budget for 2016. Within the 2,009-page bill outlaying $1.1 trillion of spending, IJM was looking for 18...
December 18
"Offsetting" Slavery
We at IJM are thrilled about the introduction in the Senate of S.553, the End Modern Slavery Initiative (EMSI.) Thanks to the leadership of Senate...
July 09
Updated: Our Take On The 2015 Trafficking In Persons Report
On Thursday, August 06, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held an oversight hearing to review the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report.
July 09
Sexual Violence
IJM Bolivia Cases Progress at ‘Rapid Pace’ Following New Law
Thanks to a new law, IJM Bolivia has seen “miraculous” developments in the past eight months, according to Greg Tarrant, IJM Bolivia field office...
June 25
Standing For Freedom - Texas Style
The cliché practically writes itself at this point: Everything is bigger in Texas. But they’re often clichés because they’re true! And when it came...
April 27
Punishing The Victims: The U.S. Needs To Do Better When It Comes To Kids
On March 16, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States held an extraordinary hearing.
March 19
Three Things I Learned From Campaign Failure
As our team reflects on the past two years of work pushing this policy agenda forward—including hundreds of congressional meetings, thousands of...
February 03