Does immigration equal slavery? Expert thinks so

Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, compares the economic effects of immigration to growth in the south due to slavery. Krikorian says that the expansion of slavery improved the quality of life for native born Americans in the south, and parallels can be drawn to current immigration issues. (0:41)
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United States should not lecture other countries on human trafficking

U.S Ambassador Mark Lagon said today that the United States should not lecture other countries on human trafficking and how things should be done to end it. Lagon discusses human trafficking reports that the United States has done annually as well as the annual international trafficking and persons report, which give numbers and an estimate on how each country is doing to combat human trafficking. (0:47)
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U.S. Ambassador urges all countries to work together to end trafficking

Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S State Department discusses the child soldier abuses in the 30 odd countries, today. All nations must work together to remove all of these child soldiers from the wars and reintegrate these children into society.(1:07)
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A freed slave's story

Ellen Ratner tells the pain of a freed slave's life, and the hope of returning to her family. (1:15)
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Speaking with freed slaves in southern Sudan

Ellen Ratner describes the freeing of slaves on the border of Darfur. Some slaves are simply killed rather than sold, and even those that are freed often do not understand their freedom, not having known any other life. (1:52)
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Jack Rice Discusses the Horrors of the Life of a Twenty Year Old Slave Girl Living In Sudan

Jack Rice speaks of the horrors facing a twenty year old slave girl living in Sudan after speaking with a freed slave. (1:29)
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Dan Patterson Describes the Stunning World of Genocide-Torn Sudan

Dan Patterson reports live in the sweltering heat of Sudan. Minutes after witnessing hundreds of slaves being freed, Patterson describes a world where people have lived in captivity for years, where freedom is "purchased", and where murder and torture is a part of every day life. (2:03)
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