A report published by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
reveals 295 requests for service by victims and families impacted by crimes
committed by removable criminal aliens were handled by the VOICE (Victims Of
Immigration Crime Enforcement) Office in Q3 2018. Callers
in the ICE Areas of Responsibility (AOR) of Los Angeles, New York City and
Miami comprised approximately 35% of the total calls handles by the office.
The ICE AORs of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami comprised
approximately 34% of the 362 calls handled by the office in Q2 2018.
Established by Executive Order 13768 titled Enhancing
Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, the VOICE office serves
the needs of crime victims and their families who have been impacted by
crimes committed by removable criminal aliens. With the creation of the VOICE
Office, victims of crimes committed by individuals with a nexus to immigration
now have a government resource that can provide timely information on their
cases
The 2017 Executive Order also directed the Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement to produce quarterly reports studying the
effects of the victimization by criminal aliens present in the United States.
The 3rd quarter 2018 report discloses eleven case
studies of victim engagement which include the following:
An April
2017 article posted on Breitbart News announced the formal unveiling of the
VOICE (Victims of Immigration Crime Enforcement) Office and contained a photo
of then GOP Presidential Nominee Donald Trump taken during his 2016 appearance
and speech at The Remembrance Project conference luncheon.
Disclosure: I attended The Remembrance Project Luncheon
in 2016
