Trump administration launches effort to help crime victims whose assailants are here illegally

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Trump administration launches effort to help crime victims whose assailants are here illegally

By Maria Sacchetti April 26 at 6:26 PM

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly on Wednesday unveiled a new effort to aid victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, catapulting the Trump administration into another pitched battle over whether the president is deploying federal resources to demonize foreign-born residents who are in this country illegally.

Kelly said the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, or VOICE, will provide custody status, release dates and other information to victims, witnesses and their representatives. He said there is “nothing but goodness” in his intentions — a claim immigrant advocates disputed.

“We are giving people who are victimized by illegal aliens for the first time a voice of their own,” Kelly said, gesturing to crime victims gathered at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s D.C. headquarters. “They’re casualties of crimes that should never have taken place because the people who victimized them should never have been here in our country.”

President Trump called for the victims office in a January executive order. The launch came a day after a federal judge in San Francisco temporarily blocked another part of that same order, which tried to deny federal funds to cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration agents.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/trump-administration-launches-effort-to-help-crime-victims-whose-assailants-are-here-illegally/2017/04/26/70b27f1c-2a29-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.b902203c2fc8

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Source: New York Times

Office to Aid Crime Victims Is Latest Step in Crackdown on Immigrants

By RON NIXON and LIZ ROBBINS APRIL 26, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced the creation of an office to help families that have been the victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, part of an effort by President Trump to aggressively crack down on illegal immigration.

Critics of Mr. Trump’s approach say it unfairly takes aim at a population that is less likely to commit crimes than American citizens.

The office, called Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, or Voice, will be housed within Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency responsible for deportations.

John F. Kelly, the secretary of Homeland Security, said the office would offer a voice for crime victims.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/trump-voice-immigrants-crime.html?_r=0

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. So if we get mugged by US citizens, who are actually more likely to do muggings,

we don't get help?

[Doreen]

2. So, if you were raped by a white American man they will not help you?

[cheapdate]

3. Apparently so. Doesn't fit the narrative they're trying to create.