Human trafficking is not a new thing that has just recently begun, and the statistics on this issue are appalling. It is estimated that there are currently 27 million people in modern day slavery across the world and only 1-2% of those enslaved people will ever be rescued from this bondage. That is why I believe the bill H.R. 515: International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking is such an important bill. There are so many small things that can be done to help better our nation as a whole and I truly believe that this bill is one of those things.
With the insane amount of technology and resources that we have today there is no excuse for the number of sex trafficking victims to be going up. Requiring registered child-sex offenders to document their travel when they want to enter the United States is something that should have been implemented many years ago. This is something that will potentially keep millions of children safe because the government/ law enforcement will know who these people are, why …show more content…
515 because they are helping to push us towards what will hopefully one day be an end to sex trafficking. I believe nobody has the right to take somebody else’s freedom and rights away from them which is exactly what is happening when someone becomes trafficked. This issue also hits extremely close to home because Atlanta has been ranked on numerous occasions as one of the largest cities for sex trafficking. Trafficking is becoming such a massive problem that it is estimated that every 30 seconds someone else falls victim to human trafficking. As one of your constituents from the 3rd congressional district of Georgia, I hope that you will see my reasoning for wanting H.R. 515 to be passed, and that you will realize the importance of this bill for the young children who are not yet able to protect themselves from the sick and corrupted world that we are currently living
With the insane amount of technology and resources that we have today there is no excuse for the number of sex trafficking victims to be going up. Requiring registered child-sex offenders to document their travel when they want to enter the United States is something that should have been implemented many years ago. This is something that will potentially keep millions of children safe because the government/ law enforcement will know who these people are, why …show more content…
515 because they are helping to push us towards what will hopefully one day be an end to sex trafficking. I believe nobody has the right to take somebody else’s freedom and rights away from them which is exactly what is happening when someone becomes trafficked. This issue also hits extremely close to home because Atlanta has been ranked on numerous occasions as one of the largest cities for sex trafficking. Trafficking is becoming such a massive problem that it is estimated that every 30 seconds someone else falls victim to human trafficking. As one of your constituents from the 3rd congressional district of Georgia, I hope that you will see my reasoning for wanting H.R. 515 to be passed, and that you will realize the importance of this bill for the young children who are not yet able to protect themselves from the sick and corrupted world that we are currently living