PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christian Eduardo, Advocate for Human Trafficking Prevention, on the Safe Hotel Act
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Christian Eduardo, a survivor of human trafficking, testifies in support of the Safe Hotel Act. He shares his personal experience of being trafficked and emphasizes the role hotels play in facilitating human trafficking. Eduardo argues for the importance of the act in protecting vulnerable individuals and combating trafficking in New York City.
- Highlights the prevalence of human trafficking in hotels, including high-end establishments
- Stresses the need for hotel staff and frontline workers to feel safe and protected to effectively fight trafficking
- Urges the passing of the Safe Hotel Act to ensure hotels become places of safety rather than suffering
Christian Eduardo
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My name is Christian Eduardo.
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I do a book and see policy and legislation for prevention in human traffic again on a local state around level.
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I'm testifying in support of the Safe Hotel Az Act.
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My year near San Dimiran, the New Year began with a promise, a promise of a better life educational opportunities, but that promise was truly twisted into anigner.
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When I was a sniper at Trafiger who prey on my hopes and hotels, where I was forced to stay were supposed to be safe havens.
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Morristat, they become the whole in personal spaces where my Trafiger take over This is not just my story.
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It's a story of thousands, men, women, and children who are lure well saved promises only to find themselves caught in the brutal grief of human trafficking.
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Traffic in doesn't occur in the dark corners of city hotel sheet, motels, it thrives, even in some of the city, most prestigious hotels, where discretion is sold as a luxury.
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It is not enough to claim safety when men, women, and children are raped and beaten behind closed doors under premises.
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It is not enough when the hotel system intentionally or not turns a blind eye to the signs of exploitation in response to the safe hotel as some of the hotel industry have dismissed the connection between hotels and trafficking and a sword.
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As absurd, and they have dismissed, and they don't want to listen to survivors.
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But if staff and frontline workers don't feel safe and don't have protections, we cannot fight human trafficking.
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Traffic continued to flourish in hotels included in New York City.
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And this is a reality.
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I have heard arguments about the cost on implementing this act, but how much is too much when it comes to protect the vulnerable?
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How much suffering do we need to see?
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How much lives do we need to sacrifice?
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They by passing the safe hotel us, we can ensure that hotels are no longer placers of suffering.
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Both places where workers are are protected, feeling safe, and we are frankly fighting actively human trafficking.
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We mostly send to survivors, protect workers, and we most pass safe hotel acts.
