A report published by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reveals 304 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 Q4 2018. Callers in the ICE Areas of Responsibility (AOR) of Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles comprised approximately 34% of the total calls handles by the office.
The ICE AORs of Los Angeles, New York City and Miami comprised approximately 35% of the 295 calls handled by the office in Q3 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 4th quarter 2018 report discloses fifteen case studies of victim engagement which include the following:
