Boston. A Safe Hub for Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Survivors

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I want Boston to be a safe haven for human trafficking survivors, domestic violence survivors, secured building living, free counseling, job training and education. 

Work with the District Attorney and police to strengthen legal protections that are part of the tragedy of violence.

We will look into the feasibility of hiring private armed security guards to monitor the homes of domestic violence survivors with restraining orders.

I believe new settings for survivors have the potential to save lives. I will create a task force on domestic violence and human trafficking. 

The task force will look to work with other cities to see the feasibility of moving survivors to a new, hopefully safer, environment. 

The task force will seek to create a relocation program to get human trafficking survivors back to their families in their country of origin. To help them create a new life in the United States. The goal is to give survivors a new start to build positive, healthy, and safer lives.

As Boston moves survivors. Boston will accept survivors. Once in their new environments, they will be supported for a time as they get education in trades, college, and medical programs.

Life is a precious gift. As a humane and decent society, we must put all our honest effort into strengthening, repairing, and stabilizing the lives of survivors.