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Eliot Engel: “Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and its victims are robbed of their freedom and dignity.”

On the recordApril 4, 2014
Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and its victims are robbed of their freedom and dignity.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel highlights the severity of human trafficking while supporting related legislation.

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