
Biden admin dismantles VOICE, Trump office for reporting crimes by immigrants
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The Biden administration has dismantled and replaced a Department of Homeland Security office created during the Trump presidency to help victims of crimes committed by immigrants in a further break with his predecessor’s border policies.
VOICE "was created to acknowledge and serve the needs of crime victims and their families who have been affected by crimes committed by individuals under the investigative jurisdiction of ICE," DHS says on its website. "I’ve had to hold the hand of too many mothers who lost a child to a DUI or somebody else who’s been raped by an illegal alien or someone with a nexus to immigration," Barbara Gonzalez, the then-director of VOICE, said in October 2019. "It is a problem we cannot ignore as a country." The current administration plans to replace VOICE with The Victims Engagement and Services Line, which ICE called a "more comprehensive and inclusive victim support system" that will allow reports of crimes from anyone regardless of their immigration status.More Related News