Federal Bills Links (From Polaris Project)

Pending Legislation Federal Bills links (From Polaris Project)

Read More about S. 1301 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2011 Read More about H.R. 2759 Business Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act Read More about H.R. 2730 Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act Read More about H.R. 4259/S. 2234 End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 Read More about H.R. 2982 Human Trafficking Reporting Act

Read more about The DREAM Act

Oregon Bills

2012 Portland Catholic School Justice Summit Educational Resources  Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery by IPJC’s Emily LaHood  “ A Misunderstood Global Scourge” from the Christian Science Monitor  Hark the Movie, a film by SCU Prof. Jonathan Fung  St. Josephine Bakhita Prayer Card (USCCB)

Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center  Comprehensive Human Trafficking Resources  2012 Video on Human Trafficking  Not My Life – a documentary film about the global crisis of Human Trafficking and modern day slavery

Polaris Project  Overview of Human Trafficking  Sex Trafficking in the US Resources  Labor Trafficking in the US Resources  Recognizing the Signs of Trafficking  Trafficking FAQs  State by State Trafficking Resources  Take Action on Human Trafficking  National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline: 1-888-3737-888.

 Stop Trafficking Newsletter, by Sr. Jean Shafer, SDS

 UNANIMA International (UN Advocacy Program of Catholic Women Religious)

 Stop the Demand Campaign  Resources  USSCB’s Anti-Trafficking Program

US Catholic Bishops Monthly E-Newsletter  How to Help a Trafficking Victim  Identifying Trafficking Victims  On Human Trafficking color brochure  St. Josephine Bakhita Prayer Card

 United Nations International Labor Office 2012 Global Estimate of Forced Labor Report  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report  US State Department 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report

 Books: o Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales o Human Trafficking: A Global Perspective by Louise Shelley o Not For Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How we Can Fight It by David Batstone o The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today by Kevin Bales & Ron Soodalter o The War on Human Trafficking: US Policy Assessed by Anthony

Resources gathered by Mark Potter, Assistant to the Provincial for Social Ministries for the California Province of the Society of Jesus.

Immigration Resources

Highlighted Resources  Facts and Myths about Undocumented Immigrants in the United States  State and Local Anti-Immigrant Legislation and Enforcement  The Immigration Debate and U.S.-Mexico Relations: A Catholic Perspective The Catholic Church & Immigration  Justice for Immigrants, the Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform in the United States.  Jesuit Refugee Service International is the site of the international headquarters of JRS in Rome; it includes links to JRS organizations worldwide and news briefings on migration.  Migration and Refugee Services, US Conference of Catholic Bishops carries out the commitment of the Roman Catholic bishops of the United States to serve and advocate for immigrants, refugees, migrants, and people on the move.  The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc (CLINIC) is the nation’s largest network of charitable, grassroots organizations providing legal immigration services.  International Catholic Migration Commission — The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects the needs of uprooted people, refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, with operations in 30 countries of the world. ICMC advocates for durable solutions and rights-based policies directly and through its worldwide network of 172 Bishops’ Conferences worldwide.  Faces of Immigrants is a series of videos presenting personal accounts of immigrants living in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles  Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People “the Church does everything she can to assure that the society of arrival considers migrants not as means of production but as persons endowed with the dignity of the children of God with inalienable rights. This premise is the source of that climate of acceptance and understanding that leads to a recognition of migration as a factor of economic, social and cultural development.”  Encyclical letter, The Love of Christ Towards Migrants Immigration resources take from the National Jesuit Conference website, the advocacy arm of the Society of Jesus.