On July 24, the Foley Foundation will release the sixth edition of Bringing Americans Home, a nonpartisan, independent research report that details the ongoing crisis of Americans taken hostage abroad by terrorists or wrongfully detained by nation states. In addition to data that conveys the scale, scope, and recent trends of the crisis, the report highlights the lived experiences of family members of captives and of captives themselves - devastating realities that numbers alone cannot convey.
The Bringing Americans Home reports inform executive branch policymaking and Congressional legislation. The research highlights where the government’s efforts are working and where changes could resolve cases more quickly, deter future hostage-taking, hold captors accountable for their crimes, and support victims of a hostage-taking event.
This event brings together policy experts, legislators, Administration officials, hostage families, and returned captives to discuss the report’s findings and recommendations for change.