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Why should the United States put more effort into protecting undocumented Latina immigrants who are survivors of human trafficking?
Under international law, human trafficking is defined as “the recruitment, transport, transfer, harboring, or receipt of a person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, or deception for the purpose of exploitation.” Unfortunately, human trafficking has become a dire transnational issue in North America.
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Xóchitl Fuentes
Xóchitl Fuentes (she, her, ella) is currently a second-year Master’s student of International Affairs at the Texas A&M Bush School of Government & Public Service. Her concentration of studies is Women, Peace & Security and Latin America. Before starting her Master’s program, she was a teacher for two years in Dallas through Teach For America. She identifies as Latina and is a first-generation American due to both of her parents being immigrants from Mexico. During her time at school, she worked as a graduate research assistant for a gender-based violence project focused on international accountability during wartime.
