1. United States
2. Ariz.
3. Letter

I am beyond frustrated to read that more than 75% of congressionally appropriated grants to combat human trafficking in the last two fiscal years have not been awarded by the Department of Justice. How is this possible? And how is this not a gross misappropriation of congressionally appropriated taxpayer dollars? Who is accountable for these funds not being available for the victims of trafficking, for identifying and prosecuting the perpetrators of these crimes, and for providing training to local authorities around the country to be able to untangle the difference—-given that perpetrators so often manipulate their victims into committing crimes to keep them entrapped? I am demanding that Congress take their oversight responsibilities seriously given that this is just one area in which this Administration has withheld congressionally appropriated funds. Accountability means ensuring the funds that make Americans lives work get where you appropriated them.