Rage Against the ICE Machine
Teaser: Trump’s ICE forces are facing militant and organized opposition everywhere they turn.
Saudi Arabia to end kafala (migrant labor sponsorship) scheme
From Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United October 26th, 2025News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Forced laborSaudi Arabia finally turning the page on the Kafala systemSaudi Arabia has announced the dismantling of the exploitative Kafala system, long linked to forced…
Giorgia Meloni’s anti-trafficking plan: more money to facilitate trafficking. Genius.
Krysta Bisnauth, Freedom United On October 14, the lower house of Italy’s Parliament voted to renew its migration agreement with Libya. That means more funding for the so-called Libyan Coast Guard—the same forces who have been filmed attacking migrants at sea, firing…
Reviving tradition to resist exploitation
By Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United October 19th, 2025News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Forced marriageZimbabwe girls revive past tradition to fight child marriageIn rural Zimbabwe, girls are reclaiming an old tradition to fight child marriage. Once used to…
WE DID IT: Governor Newsom signed our bill!
By Krysta Bisnauth, Freedom United We’re thrilled to share the news: Governor Newsom has signed AB 1362 into law! Thank you—your voice, your pressure, and your solidarity helped make this possible. This is a game-changing win for migrant workers across California.From now on,…
Our tireless campaigning pays off!
By Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United October 5th, 2025 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS VictoriesHistoric win: Freedom United celebrates passage of ground-breaking California lawFor years, migrant workers recruited abroad into California’s rich agriculture sector were often deceived and…
Libyan militants caught throwing migrants overboard
From Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United September 28th, 2025 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Human traffickingCaught on film: Libyan militias take migrants out to sea and throw them inAn Italian journalist’s photographs and video captured Libyan militias dumping…
These billionaires profit from forced labor
Private islands. $200 million yachts. Designer rockets to space. While the rest of us read price tags in the grocery store more closely, the world’s richest are burning through their fortunes for fun. But behind the magazine covers and Met…
Children caught between exploitation and deportation
By Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United September 7th, 2025News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Child labor violationsGuatemalan children caught between deportation and exploitation in the USHundreds of Guatemalan children faced attempted deportation without due process, leaving them vulnerable to…
Smoke, fire, and exploitation
By Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United August 24th, 2025 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Forced laborSmoke, fire, and exploitation: how climate change fuels modern slaveryAs climate chaos intensifies, workers are forced into ever more dangerous conditions—picking crops through…
