United States of America - Universal Periodic Review - Labor Trafficking and Labor Exploitation - April 2025
Date: April 7, 2025
Country: United States of America
Partners: Fé y Justicia
Issues: Human Trafficking
Mechanism: Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
Country: United States of America
Partners: Fé y Justicia
Issues: Human Trafficking
Mechanism: Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
Since 2020, The United States has maintained its approach to combating labor trafficking and exploitation and, with one major exception, did not dramatically improve its response to violation of workers’ rights. After President Trump’s inauguration in 2025, the policy gains made since 2020 have functionally ceased to exist and other conditions that fuel trafficking and exploitation have worsened. Investigations and prosecutions of trafficking have also been impacted by policy changes in 2025.
Information in this report was drawn from The Advocates for Human Rights’ client histories and interactions with government officials, as well as interviews with community organizers from Fé y Justicia.
