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From the Washington Examiner: The Trump administration has reinstated a government office for American victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants that the Biden administration had shuttered.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, or VOICE, was restored. It will serve American families who lost loved ones to crimes carried out by people illegally living in the United States rather than only focus on immigrants who were crime victims.
“Biden prioritized and protected foreign criminals and undermined our national sovereignty and violated our laws and then closed an office that served the victims that were impacted by it,” Noem said during a press conference in Washington Wednesday afternoon.
“President Trump is righting the ship, and he’s reopening this office, and he’s going to prioritize not only these families but all the families that will be impacted by illegal immigration and the tragedy of losing someone because of the consequences of it,” Noem said.
The agency was first launched by the first Trump administration, in 2017.
In a direct slap-in-the-face to Americans, the Biden administration announced in June 2021 that they would convert the agency from assisting Americans who were victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens to instead focus on helping illegal aliens who are crime victims.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday morning, “HAPPENING NOW: @Sec_Noem is reopening the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office. The VOICE Office was shuttered by the previous administration, which left victims of alien crime without access to many key support services and resources.”
HAPPENING NOW: @Sec_Noem is reopening the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office. The VOICE Office was shuttered by the previous administration, which left victims of alien crime without access to many key support services and resources.
Watch here:…
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 9, 2025
Noem was joined at the press briefing by multiple families of victims of illegal alien crime, as they held photos of their loved ones.
WATCH the full announcement by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem below:
Kristi Noem announces the re-establishment of the Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement (VOICE) at ICE Headquarters.
Families of migrant crime victims stand behind her with portraits of their lost loved ones. pic.twitter.com/TpYe8labJR
— Jon Michael Raasch (@JMRaasch) April 9, 2025
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