US Embassies and Consulates overseas will play the video in waiting rooms as appropriate, in languages spoken by the greatest concentrations of those applicants.
In a message on the release of the "Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States 2013-2017", President Barack Obama said: "Human trafficking is a denial of our common humanity and an affront to our ideals as Americans."
Declaring that his "Administration is committed to combating this modern incarnation of slavery," he wrote: "Survivors of human trafficking have had their lives ripped apart, and they deserve holistic, streamlined, and compassionate assistance as they rebuild their lives and their futures."
"To those who are suffering and have suffered the horrors of human trafficking, our message remains: We hear you. We insist on your dignity. And we share your belief, that if just given the chance, you can forge a life equal to your talents and worthy of your dreams," Obama wrote.
Releasing the plan at a White House event Tuesday, Cecilia Muñoz, the Director of the Domestic Policy Council, said the plan was part of the Obama administration's ongoing efforts to carry out his pledge to "do even more to help victims recover and rebuild their lives."
The plan lays out a five-year path for increased coordination, collaboration, and capacity across the federal government and in partnership with other governmental and nongovernmental entities at all levels, she said.
It describes the steps that federal agencies will take to ensure that all victims of human trafficking in the United States are identified and have access to the services they need to recover and to rebuild their lives.
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