Who is to decide on what your rights are as a human being in any country? According to Alice Leuchtag, in the U.S. if you have suffered one of the most “serious” trafficking abuses you are eligible to receive benefits as a non-immigrant. First off, who gets to classify how serious trafficking is? The UN protocol defines it as “a person having control over another person for the purpose of exploitation”. The bottom line is that they have been exploited against their will and should be eligible for all benefits. However, the benefits aren’t well planned either. A T-1 non-immigrant status is only valid for 3 years and eligible for employment along with other benefits equal to those a refugee is awarded. If they are given these rights why are they being limited to a certain amount of time they can be in the country. Do they really think that a person will be able to retake control of their life? What if the person wanted to stay in the U.S. how easy will it be for them to get residency in the country? I think it is only fair that people who have been victims to be given opportunities to make up the amount of time they had been deprived of.
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