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Article: Catholic Bishops Urge Senate to Protect Children Exploited by Human Trafficking In United States
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- U.S. Newswire
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- July 7, 2004
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WASHINGTON, July 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A representative of the U.S.
Catholic Bishops called on the Senate to protect children exploited
by human trafficking in the United States.
Sister Mary Ellen Dougherty, a School Sister of Notre Dame and a
member of the Bishops' Office for Migration and Refugee Services,
urged the action in testimony, July 7, before the Senate Subcommittee
on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, headed by Sen.
John Cornyn (R-Texas). She testified at a hearing on "Examining U.S.
Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery."
Sister Dougherty said trafficking is "a modern-day form of
slavery" and "the largest manifestation of slavery today."
"Human ...