U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez is pressing President Donald Trump to curb the protections of a World Health Organization affiliate accused of facilitating human trafficking and forced labor in Brazil.

Giménez, a Miami Republican, is urging Trump to issue an executive order revoking safeguards the Pan American Health Organization ( PAHO ) has under the International Organizations Immunities Act , citing its role in the controversial Mais Médiscos program.

The request comes a week after the Trump administration restricted or revoked the visas of several Brazilian officials, former PAHO members and their families for “complicity with the Cuban regime’s labor export scheme in the Mais Médicos program.”

In a Tuesday letter , Giménez said PAHO has enabled human rights abuses

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