Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) had the following published in The Record of Bergen County :
“Almost 150 years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery still has a foothold in the United States. Until recently, human trafficking has remained in the shadows of society. Victims, often children and vulnerable women, are too afraid and dependent on traffickers to break their silence and seek help…”