National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2025, 529-530 [2025-00078]

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 529-530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00078]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 3 / Monday, January 6, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10877 of December 30, 2024

                
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2025

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Across the world, more than 27 million people, 
                including thousands here at home, are subjected to the 
                shameful, abhorrent abuse of human trafficking and 
                forced labor. Human trafficking targets the most 
                vulnerable in society and exploits them--denying their 
                human rights, freedom, and dignity. It is a stain on 
                our collective conscience and an affront to basic human 
                dignity. During National Human Trafficking Prevention 
                Month, we recommit to working to end human trafficking 
                in America and around the globe.

                Any form of trafficking in people--from forced labor to 
                sex trafficking--must not be tolerated, in the United 
                States or anywhere around the world. That is why in 
                2021, I signed an updated National Action Plan (NAP) to 
                Combat Human Trafficking, detailing my Administration's 
                focus on prosecuting perpetrators, protecting 
                survivors, and partnering with governments and 
                organizations around the globe to end this scourge. The 
                NAP also recognizes that human traffickers target 
                people considered vulnerable in society--people from 
                racial and ethnic minorities, women and girls, LGBTQI+ 
                individuals, and others from marginalized backgrounds.

                Here at home, we have worked to crack down on human 
                trafficking and combat gender-based violence in 
                America. I remain proud that I first wrote the Violence 
                Against Women Act as a United States Senator and I have 
                worked to strengthen it ever since. That is why when I 
                reauthorized it in 2022, I expanded Tribal court 
                jurisdiction to prosecute non-Native sex traffickers. 
                Furthermore, through my American Rescue Plan, my 
                Administration delivered tens of thousands of housing 
                vouchers to ensure people fleeing human trafficking or 
                other violence have a safe home to go to. At the same 
                time, we have been committed to working with survivors 
                to support their path to recovery and healing, and 
                improving our approach to preventing, identifying, and 
                prosecuting these crimes. We have also taken steps to 
                prevent trafficking in the United States by 
                strengthening protections for vulnerable workers, 
                including issuing new rules to improve worker 
                protections and strengthen program integrity in 
                temporary visa programs and releasing an updated 
                version of the Department of State's Wilberforce ``Know 
                Your Rights'' pamphlet.

                Around the world, we are also working with governments 
                and organizations to put a stop to human trafficking. I 
                signed the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention 
                Act in 2021 and, from the moment the law took effect in 
                2022, Federal agencies have been working to ensure that 
                no American imports are produced using forced labor. I 
                signed the first-ever Presidential Memorandum to 
                prioritize strong labor standards in our Nation's 
                foreign policy as we work to build a world where our 
                economic system gives predatory traffickers no safe 
                harbor. In the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, the 
                Department of State measured progress in 188 countries, 
                including the United States, by deploying powerful 
                technology tools to combat this scourge, and sanctioned 
                over 240 individuals and entities for serious human 
                rights abuses under the Global Magnitsky Sanctions 
                Program.

                During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, I 
                encourage Americans to learn the signs of human 
                trafficking and share the National Human

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                Trafficking Hotline (888-373-7888), where one can 
                report a tip or ask for help. Together, we can create a 
                world where every person is treated with dignity and 
                respect, lives free from fear, and can lead a life full 
                of freedom and liberty.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 2025 
                as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. I call 
                upon businesses, civil society organizations, 
                communities of faith, families, and all Americans to 
                recognize the vital role we play in combating human 
                trafficking and to observe this month with appropriate 
                programs and activities aimed at preventing all forms 
                of human trafficking.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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