Fighting Human Trafficking:
President Donald Trump on Jan. 31 signed an executive order on combating human trafficking, including the creation of a new White House position that will be dedicated to the task.
Trump has made combating human trafficking a key goal of his administration and has often spoke publicly about the issue. He signed the executive order upon the conclusion of a White House summit on human trafficking, while surrounded by administration officials, members of Congress, and trafficking survivors.
At the event, which ran for roughly 25 minutes, the president said it was a “historic” day, and praised the passion of the advocates and supporters in the room. He declared his administration “100 percent committed to eradicating human trafficking from the earth,” and called it a form of “modern-day slavery.”
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