Human Trafficking is defined as “the recruitment, transfer, or harboring of persons through the use or threat of force, coercion, or deception, for the purpose of exploitation and forced labor” (Yen Koh “Human Trafficking: Overview” 2). A solution to this international issue is convoluted and difficult. While many individuals claim that creating more criminalizing legislation and allotting more resources to law enforcement may curb the impact of human trafficking, a more valuable and preventative solution involves the reform of current immigration policies and the protection of migrant and laborer rights. Human trafficking is just one example of exploitation on the wide spectrum of immigrant and labor mistreatment engrained into society. Immigrants
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Yen Koh goes on to also say “rather than focus on legislation and law enforcement, governments should focus on the root causes of trafficking and strengthen labor and migrant rights” (“Points of View: Human Trafficking Counterpoint: Focus…” 1). The first step governments must take to make this solution possible is to diffuse anti-immigrant sentiments. “Our globalized world, which embraces the free movement of goods, capital, and services, but resists the free movement of people-which creates and sustains an insatiable demand for cheap labor…- ensures a well-stocked pond from which traffickers can easily fish” (Gallagher 67). Louise Shelley, a George Mason University professor, makes the argument that trafficking does not only affect a victim and his kin but further spreads to taint the rule of law and democratic principles (Yen Koh “Points of View: Human Trafficking Point: Human Trafficking is a Domestic…” 2). Ergo, the current climate of international business and labor demand has allowed human trafficking to stain society and build a constant market for the buying and selling of
Yen Koh goes on to also say “rather than focus on legislation and law enforcement, governments should focus on the root causes of trafficking and strengthen labor and migrant rights” (“Points of View: Human Trafficking Counterpoint: Focus…” 1). The first step governments must take to make this solution possible is to diffuse anti-immigrant sentiments. “Our globalized world, which embraces the free movement of goods, capital, and services, but resists the free movement of people-which creates and sustains an insatiable demand for cheap labor…- ensures a well-stocked pond from which traffickers can easily fish” (Gallagher 67). Louise Shelley, a George Mason University professor, makes the argument that trafficking does not only affect a victim and his kin but further spreads to taint the rule of law and democratic principles (Yen Koh “Points of View: Human Trafficking Point: Human Trafficking is a Domestic…” 2). Ergo, the current climate of international business and labor demand has allowed human trafficking to stain society and build a constant market for the buying and selling of