Liz Ortega, a member of the California Assembly's Public Safety Committee, has admitted to making a “bad decision' on a bill that would have increased the charges for human trafficking.
Prior to her admission about the action she took earlier this week, Ortega had suggested that lifelong sentences for those who traffic children would not put an end to the child trafficking problem that has plagued the country.
"I'm struggling with how do we support you with mental health access, with housing, with education, with good jobs, because it's part of a holistic approach," she said, according to the Washington Free Beacon."Sending someone to prison for the rest of their lives is not going to fix the harm moving forward. And that's the part I'm struggling with. It's a complex issue.
S.B. 14 was given reconsideration, meaning it could be taken up again by the California Assembly next year. S.B. 14"You know you’re on the wrong side of an issue when you deliver a win for human traffickers.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explain the high volume of human trafficking across Meta platforms after a report revealed that pedophiles are using the metaverse to sexually exploit children. Moody sent a letter to Zuckerberg on Monday, inviting the CEO to speak with Florida's Statewide Council on Human Trafficking on what preventative measures, if any, the tech giant is taking to end human trafficking on its sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.
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