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Anita Chen, who is running for House Representative, is passionate about combating human trafficking.
A joint bill pending in both chambers of the state legislature seeks to enshrine harsher punishments in the constitution.
The department failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request for records surrounding the cancellations, the lawsuit claims.
The US State Department has urged Australia to “increase efforts to investigate and hold accountable foreign diplomats” in Australia suspected of trafficking.
The arrests were part of a multi-agency sting during which law enforcement from 17 agencies targeted adults seeking to sexually exploit children.
Following months-long debates in the California Legislature, SB 14, a bill targeting child sex traffickers, is now one signature away from becoming law.
California’s child sex trafficking bill, which incited public outrage when it was tabled earlier this summer, has made a comeback after lawmakers on the state Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to move it to the Assembly floor Sept. 1.
A bipartisan bill targeting child sex traffickers in California was again in limbo Aug. 16, sparking outrage among supporters—after it was revived from death by lawmakers under public pressure a month ago.
