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Bryan Sends Newly-Funded Anti-Human Trafficking Legislation To Senate; Launches Raft of New Companion Initiatives

“Make no mistake, this is happening here in our territory, just as it is happening throughout the Caribbean, and the world,” said Governor Albert Bryan Jr. while at Gov't House announcing a new legislative initiative by the GVI to combat human trafficking in the territory.He noted that the territory has porous borders with a significant number of people constantly transiting through. “Some of those people, unfortunately, are human cargo being trafficked through our territory,” he said. Mr. Bryan noted his administration’s efforts to reduce the vulnerability of undocumented people, including “easing the way to employment, establishing systems for ID making education more accessible, or just assuring that they have police presence and protection in their neighborhoods.”Along these lines, the new initiative to combat human trafficking is intended to “once again make it safer for them and others in our community,” Governor Bryan said. Spurred by the courageous actions of the survivors of J...