Already exposed to some kind of instability in their lives, and there was a time when Law Enforcement across the country would say that cant be a Trafficking Victim because she was pretty prosecuted. They are now saying let me look at the trafficker exploited the vulnerability. There were times when Law Enforcement across the country would say a jury in my district will not believe an undocumented woman who knowingly came to this country illegally and did some knowing she would prostitute because thats just an illegal prostitute thats not going to be a sympathetic jury. Now we are seeing people say wait a minute, there is somebody behind this who facilitate that whole smuggling and prostitution scheme by manipulating this victim and knowing that she was not inclined to speak out and would not turn to authorities for help precisely because of those attitudes. Thats what we are transferring when data time one case at a time when survivor anytime and i look for to continuing to do that. T
And understand that our program that our our program, and that the next time that you have a plan, that you take into consideration who we are and what our needs as a community because we are community completely different in many ways. All we want is to contribute so this state has students that are proficient. Thank you, and may god bless you all. [applause]. [ speaking Spanish Language ] [ speaking through the interpreter ] [applause] hello. My name is eucin portillo, and im in second grade at mec. While i think its that kids could come from other countries and feel uncomfortable because kids laugh at them because they dont know the language. When i first went to mec, i was afraid because i wouldnt have a lot of friends, but when i entered, i had a lot of kids talking to me. I also thought the teachers would not be kind or polite, but as the days went by, i saw they were very kind, and every day, when they came by my side, they would greet me, things that made me remember of my coun
Delta airline, cocacola and other companies talked about how business and corporations can use their impact to combat Human Trafficking. This Panel Discussion is one hour. Working what we have and i have like what do we have and she was like your body. I didnt know about sex trafficking until i was in the middle of it. After a while you get used to it. Everybody doesnt seem out of ords ordinary to you. We really believe she was getting ready to be sold. She comes from a small town. Was an a student. Did everything you hope your daughter would do. My dreams were to become a nurse. While i was in high school i had found a waitressing job. I love school. I love being around my friends and my science class is like my big thing. These traffickers or pimps, they pretend to be an older boyfriend. These young girls fall in love with these guys and believe that this guy loves them back. He was like 24. He played football at a university. He had bought me some designer jeans and things. Go to li
Interpreter ] [applause] hello. My name is eucin portillo, and im in second grade at mec. While i think its that kids could come from other countries and feel uncomfortable because kids laugh at them because they dont know the language. When i first went to mec, i was afraid because i wouldnt have a lot of friends, but when i entered, i had a lot of kids talking to me. I also thought the teachers would not be kind or polite, but as the days went by, i saw they were very kind, and every day, when they came by my side, they would greet me, things that made me remember of my country, because when i was starting school, the teachers would always greet us at the entrance. Thats why i think this program is very good for the kids that are newly arrived because it prepares them for the other schools to learn english, and it can teach them for when they are older. And another part of this school also teaches the parents and gives them the space they need to also adapt themselves. My mother part
Working with what we have. I was, like what do we have . Shes, like, your body. I didnt know about sex trafficking until i was in the middle of it. After a while, you get used to it, like everything goes around, just doesnt seem out of ordinary to you. We really believe that she was getting ready to be sold. Briana comes from a small town, an a student, did everything you hope your daughter would do. My dreams were to become a nurse, while i was in high school. I found a waitressing job. I love school. I love being around my friends and my science class is my big thing. These traffickers are pimps. They pretend to be an older boyfriend. The young girls fall in love with these guys and believe that this guy loves them back. He was, like, 24, he played football at the university. He bought me some designer jeans and things. Movies and malls, trips, stuff like that. He bought me a dress and some jewelry. I didnt have stuff like that. It is important for the pimp or the trafficker to separ