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Tell President Obama: Putting Economic Gains before the Interests of Victims of Human Trafficking is Not Going Unnoticed

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President Obama and the GOP Congressional leadership squeezed through fast track. Now the Obama State Department is considering removing Malaysia from the “worst of” human traffickers list-- Tier 3 in the State Department’s Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report-- and elevating them to Tier 2, so TPP can include Malaysia and still comply with fast track.
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This upgrade is shocking because the Malaysian government has done nothing to combat the horrific levels of human trafficking in their country. We must urge President Obama to uphold high standards for human rights, rather than make exceptions for countries when convenient. For more details and to send a message to President Obama and to Congress to let them know that we cannot put economic gains before the interests of victims of human trafficking, by click below:
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