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| 2260505 | 7c7a5e12-cae8-4ff2-aa96-e3623faca1b7 | Q1 | CLARISSA J MIDDLETON, LOBBYIST | 401105013 | MARKETWOMEN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT | 2019 | first_quarter | IMM | {contact_data~salutation} This is a lobbying form letter and I know your office gets flooded with them. But I have read the content and wholeheartedly agree something must be done... I lend my voice and highly urge my Georgia sons (our Georgia elected officials) to support the passage of the Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018, which seeks to prevent human trafficking by bringing more openness to the foreign temporary worker visa process. We don't want to harass workers, but we need to hold their employers accountable. I worked on Capitol Hill for Congressman John Lewis and lobbyied for Labor with the Boilermakers and we lobbied in support of HB1 Visas but that was nearly twenty years ago...They HB1 and work Visa is being used as a bargaining chip now. There are people who do not hold their own passport or Visa-the business owner holds it HOSTAGE! They are threatened with deportation if they tell anyone. Millions of foreign individuals are authorized to work in the United States every year on temporary, non-immigrant visas. Abusive employers are bringing foreign workers to the United States with the expectation of legitimate jobs, only to coerce them into unbearable conditions, including sex slavery and domestic servitude. Federal data on these temporary work visas is not uniformly reported and not available to the public, impeding law enforcements efforts to crack down on this form of human trafficking. The Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act provides a straightforward solution to gaps in reporting, by requiring a standardized reporting system, expanding reports to include critical information, and providing governments, advocates, and the public with the data needed to develop trafficking prevention programs. The Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act is also supported by AFL-CIO, Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST), American Federation of Teachers, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), Economic Policy Institute, Freedom Network, Free the Slaves, Futures Without Violence, International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG), Justice in Motion, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Employment Law Project, National Guestworker Alliance, Polaris, Safe Horizon, Service Employee International Union (SEIU), Southern Poverty Law Center, UniteHERE, Verite, and Vital Voices. Thank you for your consideration, Clarissa Middleton, M.Ed Georgia Voter Registered Lobbyist, Marketwomen.org UGA Alumni | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE | 0 | 0 | 2019-02-01T18:30:38.537000-05:00 |