Bridgete Carr A Rhetorical Analysis Of Child Trafficking

Travis T Alston Jr.

Professor Mr. Joshua N. James

English 111

8 June 2015

Bridgette Carr Comments on Trafficking Victims Protection Act: A Rhetorical Analysis

Bridgette Carr composed the Article “Trafficking Victims Protection Act needs to be more supportive of child victims”. As a clinical assistant professor and director of human trafficking clinic at the University of Michigan Law School she has done much research on this topic. Her article deals with how the government officials, such as U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security, and other government agencies that are responsible for the trafficking of child victims. Professor Carr argues that there should be better ways to avoid the way that child trafficking victims are treated when caught in a sting operation. She does this by explaining

Bridgette points out that “TVPA has always recognized that the failure of one size-fits all approach for victims of trafficking, and the needs of child victims can be quite different than the needs of adult victims.” In these three cases professor Carr explains that when these child trafficking raids occur, the child victim must be able to state that they were the product of child slavery and identify the traffickers in question. In order for these children to receive help or financial assistance they must testify against the traffickers. The process takes time and most of these victims end up back in their home country, which is West Africa. As we know human traffickers prey on the vulnerabilities of other people, who are poverty stricken, lack of education, and language barriers are keys that human traffickers use. The children coming out of West Africa believe that coming to America would allow them to be free, get a good education, or work to make money. This is what human