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Both houses of Congress have approved the IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act (S.670) and it’s now awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature. The bill would provide “self-care” services to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) staff exposed to victims of human trafficking. On its face, there’s nothing wrong with providing additional psychological support for federal agents who work with trafficking survivors. But HSI—a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement—has quite a questionable record when it comes to “helping” trafficking victims. At times, HSI has been known to subject suspected victi…

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