How Trump exploits kids exploited in the sex trade

So survivors boycott a White House summit. 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This is one of the pre-eminent moral challenges of our time, with the International Labor Organization estimating that some 10 million children worldwide live in conditions of modern slavery. I’ve been writing about this since the 1990s, ever since I saw terrified young girls in Cambodia being openly sold for their virginity. Trump has seized on this issue and recently held a White House summit on the topic, organized by Ivanka Trump. This presidential attention could be terrifically helpful, and human trafficking is one of the very rare issues in Washington that has bipartisan support, with conservative evangelicals working on it side by side with liberal feminists. Yet it has become increasingly clear that the White House interest is simply about exalting Trump for political gain, for he is actually dismantling protections for trafficked children and reducing prosecutions of traffickers. That’s the topic of [my column today](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgOj8fP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMi8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2NoaWxkLXNleC10cmFmZmlja2luZy5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDIyNyZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjMxMiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIxNjc4JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMjI3VwNueXRCCgAcH7pXXmqU5JtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), and I didn’t even have space to mention all of Trump’s damaging policies in this area. For example, Trump also [cut funds for a program](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgOj8fP4QSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jcmltZS1sYXcvMjAxOS8wOC8wMi90cnVtcC1hZG1pbmlzdHJhdGlvbi1jdXRzLWZ1bmRpbmctdmljdGltcy1odW1hbi10cmFmZmlja2luZy8_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjI3JmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2MzEyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjE2NzgmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMjdXA255dEIKABwfuldeapTkm1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) that helps trafficking survivors expunge criminal convictions (often for prostitution, while they were being pimped out) so that they can get jobs and housing and start over. The upshot is that many trafficking survivors boycotted the White House summit. One, Rachel Lloyd, also turned down a $10,000 donation from Ivanka Trump for her organization. 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