On Tuesday, Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., reintroduced the Trafficking in Persons Report Integrity Act in the Senate. The legislation would, according to a press release issued by Rubio's office, comprehensively reform the State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report. TIP is the most important report issued on human trafficking by the federal government, and its findings are vital in helping to assess the state of human trafficking around the world. They play a role in crafting international agreements between foreign nations and the United States. Unfortunately, in recent years, TIP was altered to serve the political...
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