{"id":1361,"date":"2014-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safehorizon.dev\/uncategorized-en\/angelas-story-survivor-of-human-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T21:15:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T21:15:40","slug":"angelas-story-survivor-of-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/stories\/angelas-story-survivor-of-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela&#8217;s Story: Survivor of Human Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/medicaid\/\">Read how Medicaid helps survivors like Angela access trauma-focused treatment.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking.jpg\" alt=\"1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking.jpg 550w, https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Growing up in a\u00a0small village in Latin America, *Angela had big dreams of becoming a famous writer. Sadly, her family struggled to make ends meet and she had to leave school at a young age to help support her nine brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p>Angela thought all hope was lost until one day she heard about an opportunity to continue her education while working in the home of a family who was moving from the village to the United States.\u00a0They promised Angela that they would help her enroll in night classes if she worked as their housekeeper Monday through Friday, nine to five.<\/p>\n<p>After months of convincing her parents, Angela finally got the chance to make her dreams come true. But she would soon discover it was actually a nightmare;<strong> she was tricked into becoming a labor trafficking victim.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Suffering Labor Trafficking<\/h2>\n<p>For three years, Angela was paid roughly 30 cents an hour to work 12 hours straight, seven days a week. She cooked, cleaned, cared for two infants and an elderly parent, while also being responsible for all of the household maintenance, including preparing large meals for many guests.<\/p>\n<p>She was forced to sleep on a mattress in the family\u2019s kitchen, was not allowed out of the house, and endured constant threats, verbal abuse and intimidation.<\/p>\n<h2>A Way Out: Escaping Human Trafficking<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The abuse continued until a friend of the family spoke to Angela and sensed fear in her voice. This prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/tipline#wcm-survey-target-id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the family friend to alert authorities who called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&#8217;s (ICE) Homeland Security <\/a>Investigation (HSI) tip line. The ICE assigned a Victim Witness Specialist to her case who sent out officers to investigate and\u00a0rescue Angela from the abusive environment.<\/p>\n<p>The Victim Witness Specialist knew about how Safe Horizon\u2019s <a href=\"\/anti-trafficking-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-Trafficking Program<\/a> (ATP)\u00a0supports and advocates on behalf of victims of human trafficking by providing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic necessities like clothing, food, and a safe place to stay<\/li>\n<li>Supportive counseling for human trafficking victims<\/li>\n<li>Linkage to medical treatment, mental health and educational services<\/li>\n<li>Legal assistance for her immigration status as well as advocacy with law enforcement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Victim Witness Specialist\u00a0called ATP and coordinated a referral for Angela to come and get help.<\/p>\n<p>Angela was assigned a caseworker who\u00a0advocated on her\u00a0behalf to obtain a T-Visa. A T-Visa is a special visa issued to exploited workers and other victims of human trafficking. With a T-Visa Angela was able to get a part-time job to support herself.<\/p>\n<p>Once Angela had housing and could support herself, we set her up for success by helping her\u00a0enroll in a GED program. With an education, Angela could learn English and pursue her dream of becoming a writer &#8211; possibly in two languages!<\/p>\n<p>Angela also struggled with the psychological impact of living and working in fear for so long. ATP referred her to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/counselling-center\/\">Counseling Center<\/a> to receive therapy and help her overcome the traumatic experience from being trafficked.<\/p>\n<p>Safe Horizon not only helped fulfill the empty promises of her traffickers, but empowered Angela with the tools she needed for starting a new life. Angela says she considers the staff at Safe Horizon a second family and that she is well on her way to writing her own destiny.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"footnote\"><em>* Client names and identifying information have been changed to protect their privacy. Images used are representations of Safe Horizon\u2019s clients.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lured by human traffickers who promised to make her dreams come true, Angela was able to escape the bonds of labor trafficking and find support at our Anti-Trafficking Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":{"id":1362,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":550,"height":375,"file":"2016\/06\/1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"<em>jpegtran<\/em> is missing","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking-300x205.jpg","width":300,"height":205,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"<em>jpegtran<\/em> is missing","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking-300x205.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"ewww_image_optimizer":"<em>jpegtran<\/em> is missing"},"post":1361,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1438625987_Angela_Human_Trafficking.jpg"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[133,117,352],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-human-trafficking","tag-human-trafficking-survivor-story","tag-labor-trafficking","issue-child-abuse","issue-human-trafficking"],"acf":{"related_initiative_link":"\/advocacy","original_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/page\/angelas-story-survivor-of-human-trafficking-228.html","page_header_title":"","page_header_image":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/silhouette_hero_image.png","related_initiative_title":"Learn about our advocacy initiatives","related_initiative_link_text":"Get involved","featured_posts":[{"ID":945,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2016-06-14 18:52:27","post_date_gmt":"2016-06-14 18:52:27","post_content":"<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\"} -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-with-freedom-comes-safety\">With freedom comes safety.<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the Anti-Trafficking Program (ATP) we help victims and survivors of labor and sex trafficking with legal and social services, regardless of their age, gender, language, or immigration status. 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