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BySudhinThanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO For the first time in its efforts to crack down on sex traffick- ing during the Super Bowl, the FBI will try to reach out to women and girls selling sex in the run-up to the game to give them a way out and get them to turn against their traffickers. The softer, victim-cen- tric approach will rely on local nonprofit groups to make initial contact with the women and girls before the agency steps in to pro- vide them access to its vic- tims' advocates and other services. "The goal is to reach anyone who is being traf- ficked," said FBI Supervi- sory Special Agent Doug Hunt, who manages the San Francisco office's anti- trafficking efforts, which will also include sting op- erations the agency has used before previous Su- per Bowls. This year's event in the San Francisco Bay Area, like past bowls and other large sporting events, is expected to be a magnet for trafficking in part be- cause many thousands of men will pour into the re- gion, according to experts. Victims' advocates and local law enforcement of- ficials say the FBI's efforts are laudable, and may help ensure the women and girls don't return to their pimps. But they warn that victims are often too fear- ful to help prosecute their traffickers. And they say efforts such as those by the FBI need to be handled with great care and patience, and need to be sustained. "A lot of times they don't see themselves as victims," said Jennifer Madden, a local prosecutor who has worked with trafficked girls. "They don't fully grasp how they've come into this, how they are be- ing exploited, and they may not be amenable to ser- vices." Their attachment to their pimps should not be underestimated, Madden and other experts say. "You can't be tone deaf to that trauma and say, 'Why aren't you talking, why won't you tell me your life story?' within five min- utes of meeting," said Brad- ley Myles, CEO of Polaris, a nonprofit that runs a na- tional hotline for traffick- ing victims. FBI victims' specialists say they are aware of those challenges and sometimes spend years making sure individual victims follow through with services. VICTIM-CENTRIC APPROACH DougHunt, supervisory special agent in charge with the human trafficking division of the FBI, speaks during an interview at his office in San Francisco. ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FBItriesnewapproachin Su pe r Bo wl s ex t ra ffic ki ng By Erica Werner The Associated Press WASHINGTON Federal immigration raids have wrenched open new di- vides between President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies, includ- ing the woman who hopes to replace him, Hillary Clinton. On Tuesday, with the president due to arrive on Capitol Hill within hours to deliver his final State of the Union Address, House Democrats gathered at a press conference to de- nounce his policies and release a letter signed by 139 lawmakers calling for deportation raids to stop. "It's just unacceptable," said Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois. "I've been 99.9 percent with this president of the United States but in this particular case, when his administration sows the seeds of terror through- out the immigrant com- munity of the United States and millions of people are affected, that's what I'm going to concern myself with." That came after Clin- ton broke with Obama on the issue at a forum in Iowa Monday night, also calling for the raids to end. "I do not think the raids are an appropriate tool to enforce the im- migration laws. In fact, I think they are divisive, they are sowing discord and fear," she said. Fel- low Democratic hopefuls Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Gov. Martin O'Malley of Mary- land have adopted similar stances. The Obama adminis- tration has defended the holiday-season raids that resulted in detentions of 121 people, many from Central America. They point to a spike in fami- lies and children arriving at the U.S. southern bor- der from Central Amer- ica, which has prompted fears of another bor- der crisis like the one that dominated national news during the summer of 2014. This time it would come amid a presidential race where immigration is already a fraught topic, with Republican front- runner Donald Trump insisting he would de- port everyone here ille- gally while Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Ru- bio of Florida exchange barbs about who has the stronger record on this issue. Trump has praised the raids and taken credit for them. RAIDS CAROLYN KASTER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Immigration raids divide Obama from Dems, Clinton The Associated Press PERRYOPOLIS,PA. A Penn- sylvania couple is strug- gling to sell a house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs." Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house last sum- mer, but they've dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The three-story Victo- rian in Layton was the sec- ond-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but Scott Lloyd told the Pitts- burgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/1ZneWt5 ) that the publicity has at- tracted curiosity seekers, but no serious buyers. "We're finally starting to see a little bit of motion," Lloyd said. The home's location in a tiny village about an hour's drive southeast of Pittsburgh works against it. So does the fact that it has only one bathroom to go with its four bed- rooms. "Even though it's got no- toriety, location still is a big deal," said Erik Gunther, a senior editor and expert on unique homes for Realtor. com. The foyer and dining room were depicted in the film, but no, there's no dun- geon pit in the basement where the killer played by Ted Levine kept his victims before killing and skinning them. Those grisly scenes were filmed on a sound- stage. A film crew spent three days shooting in the home near Perryopolis. The Lloyds are selling the house, where they raised their son, because they're downsizing into a ranch- style home they're build- ing a few miles away. A couple months af- ter buying the home, the Lloyds were married Feb. 13, 1977, in the foyer where Levine's character first meets the FBI agent por- trayed by Jodie Foster. Anthony Hopkins won an Academy Award for playing Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a crazed, canni- balistic psychiatrist whose macabre clues help rookie Agent Clarice Starling track down and kill Buf- falo Bill in his home. Fos- ter also won an Oscar. "The fact that a home gets a ton of publicity doesn't necessarily add up to a quick sale," Gun- ther said. "Just because I want to gawk at some- thing doesn't mean I want to buy it." 1991 FILM KEITH SRAKOCIC — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Scott Lloyd stands on the front porch of his home, the house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in "The Silence of the Lambs" in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. Couple struggles to sell 'Silence of the Lambs' house P.O.Box220 Red Bluff, CA 96080 Support our classrooms, keep kids reading. DONATE YOUR VACATION newspaper dollars to the Newspaper In Education Program HELP OUR CHILDREN For more details call Circulation Department (530) 73 7-5047 Select"Subscribe"tabin lower right corner Complete information for automatic weekly delivery to your email inbox That's it! FREE online subscription to TV Select Magazine Digital edition emailed to you, every Saturday! 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