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Human trafficking in Texas is the illegal trade of human beings as it occurs in the state of Texas. It is a modern-day form of slavery and usually involves commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor , both domestic and agricultural.
The U.S. Department of State publishes a yearly report "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record" in compliance with a 2002 law that requires the department to report on actions taken by the U.S. Government to encourage respect for human rights. [227] It also publishes yearly "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices." [228] [229]
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are annual publications on the human rights conditions in countries and regions outside the United States, mandated by U.S. law to be submitted annually by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the United States Department of State to the United States Congress.
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (formerly the Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance) is a history education museum in Dallas, Texas, in the West End Historic District at the southeast corner of N. Houston Street and Ross Avenue. Its mission is to teach the history of the Holocaust and advance human rights to ...
Texas put forth a fifth of the 525 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in states across the U.S. last year, according to the Human Rights Council, which released a National State of Emergency for LGBTQ+ ...
The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its detention facilities by using excessive force, failing to protect them ...
Today, TCRP's main office is located at the Michael Tigar Human Rights Center in Austin, Texas. [7] Other regional offices are Houston, San Antonio, and South Texas, which remained in its initial location in San Juan until the grand opening of its new facility in Alamo, Texas, on June 22, 2011. [8]
Washington State and Texas were the first states to ban human trafficking as a specific offense in 2003. By 2015, all 50 states had such laws. Some states, such as California, actively prosecute such crimes, but in most states, these laws are seldom used, and most offenses are prosecuted at the federal level. [98]