Concerned Women for America: Trafficked Kids Should Be Arrested
by Melissa Snow December 29, 2010 06:05 AM (PT) Topics: Child Prostitution, Child Trafficking, Pimping, Prostitution, Sex Trafficking


Hundreds of thousands of tireless advocates and Change.org members were holding their breath waiting to hear whether The Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2010 would pass before Congress adjourned. Supporters and local coalitions rallied in hope that services and shelter for U.S. citizen victims of trafficking would finally become a reality. Meanwhile, Concerned Women for America (CWA) issued a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to oppose this important piece of legislation. Why is Concerned Women for America against sheltering child sex trafficking victims?

As previously reported by Amanda Kloer on Change.org, The Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2010 is the first piece of federal legislation that recognizes the over 100,000 American children sex trafficked in the U.S. Local, state and federal law enforcement constantly lament the lack of shelter options for victims of trafficking, which often forces them to arrest and detain victims in juvenile facilities. This bill, which was stalled when
Congress adjourned last week, could have provided important resources to establish the much needed specialized services for child victims of sex trafficking. But CWA was working against that goal.

CWA sent a letter to the House of Representatives stating “CWA believes in keeping the prostitution laws in place, even for minors?â€