The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking, a Guardian investigation has found.

The sweeping retreat threatens to negate decades of progress in the drive to prevent sexual slavery, forced labor and child sexual exploitation, according to legal experts, former government officials and anti-trafficking advocates. They say the administration’s moves are impeding efforts to prosecute perpetrators and protect survivors in the United States and around the world.

“It’s been a widespread and multi-pronged attack on survivors that leaves all of us less safe and leaves survivors with few options,” said Jean Bruggeman, executive director of Freedom Network USA, a national coalition of service providers, researchers and trafficking survivors.

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    Literally fucking campaigned on this shit. I’m so fucking disgusted people keep voting for a guy that just keeps pissing in their faces

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      Turns out they were just fascists who will say whatever they think will gain them the most power in any particular situation, and they never actually cared about anything but that power.

      Now that going after pedophiles doesn’t get them power, they don’t care. But don’t worry, they’ll revive that rhetoric when they decide it’s time to go after “groomers” (ie LGBTQ people)

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    They are far too concerned with rolling back human rights, attacking their political enemies, various money-making schemes, “owning the libs”, making everyone not a billionaire absolutely miserable, and of course, covering up for the pedo-in-chief.

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    Don’t want it to distract from more important things like identifying people who make fascists sad online or fabricating a case against an innocent Italian plumber.

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    Even for a veteran trump-watcher sometimes we forget there’s no bottom. It only ever gets worse.

    Still - I thought I couldn’t respect the Qanut/MAGA/“What-about-the-children” people any less. And here we are.

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    Well they are going to need a fresh supply of little ones, and it’s not like they grow on trees, you know. Now that they control the government, they’re in a sweet position to get new kids and make it legal to do whatever with them

    Maybe this was the reason for trump to become president in the first place?