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Ivanka Trump: White House Will Seek to End Human Trafficking

Ivanka Trump says the White House is committed to ending human trafficking, which she called “modern day slavery." President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser made the comments during a trip to Atlanta on Tuesday.

Credit Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, right, sitting with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp reacts as a survivor of human trafficking, foreground, shares her story at a local safe haven in Atlanta, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.

She visited nonprofit groups that help victims of human trafficking. During one of the stops, Ivanka Trump said she would continue to urge companies to be involved in helping survivors of abuse and providing them with job training.

In recent years, multiple state and federal officials have called Atlanta a hub for sex trafficking.

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