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In interviews Tuesday, experts said the Acosta-era Labor Department — one of the federal agencies tasked with preventing human trafficking — has been far too slow to certify special visas for trafficking victims, potentially weakening protections for an already vulnerable population.

"I can tell you with a high degree of certainty that the new procedures will slow down the process exponentially," said Martina Vandenberg, the president of the Human Trafficking Legal Center in Washington, D.C.

For the last 19 years, victims of what the government calls a "severe form of human trafficking" have been eligible to apply for what are known as T-visas, a temporary immigration benefit that allows them to remain in the United States for up to four years if they assist with a trafficking investigation or prosecution.

The Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division, or WHD, is one of the agencies that can certify whether a T-visa applicant is actually a trafficking victim. Under the Obama administration, the WHD usually completed this crucial step within weeks or a few months, said Julie Ann Dahlstrom, a professor at Boston University School of Law who represents trafficking victims.

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DontFearThePeepr said:

The word for him is TRUMPERY and it's a real word that is actually already in the dictionary...


trump·er·y
/ˈtrəmp(ə)rē/

ARCHAIC
noun

attractive articles of little value or use.

synonyms:trinkets, baubles, cheap finery, knickknacks, ornaments, bibelots, gewgaws, gimcracks
"tables piled with all sorts of trumpery"


adjective
showy but worthless.

"trumpery jewelry"

synonyms:showy, gaudy, garish, vulgar, tasteless; worthless, valueless, cheap, tawdry, shoddy, meretricious,

Brummagem; informal, flashy, flash, trashy, tacky, rubbishy
"trumpery jewelry"


https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/definition-of-trumpery/

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