President Joe Biden signed a bi-partisan bill on Dec. 27 that codifies and expands the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT).
The Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2022 provides $14 million to the CCHT. Part of that money will be used to staff the organization with “at least 45 employees to carry out the Department’s critical work to combat human trafficking,” according to a DHS press release.
The bill also requires public transportation and hubs—which include buses, planes, and trains—to post the National Human Trafficking Hotline (1-888-373-7888).
“This is a seminal moment in our fight against the scourge of human trafficking,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said….