Kristi Noem relaunches Biden-axed ICE office dedicated to migrant crime, helping angel families
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem relaunched an office begun during the first Trump administration to crack down on illegal immigrant crime and assist so-called “angel families” whose loved ones have been victimized.Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office will assist those families with resources and referrals for legal aid, inform them about enforcement actions against the perpetrator as well as their custody status, and set up a hotline for crime victims.“We have enemies living among us because of what the Biden administration has done by opening our borders,” Noem said at ICE headquarters Wednesday, joined by several angel family members — including Alexis Nungaray, whose 12-year-old daughter Jocelyn was raped and murdered by Tren de Aragua gang members.“They have allowed terrorists, people that are on the terrorist watch list, dangerous criminals, gang members, and criminals to enter our country and to perpetuate violence on American families, and that is going to stop now.”Patty Morin, whose 37-year-old daughter Rachel was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant from El Salvador in 2023, has been one of many angel moms defending Trump for targeting the migrant criminals — including through his invocation of a wartime authority to deport Tren de Aragua gang members.Another angel mom, Maureen Maloney, emotionally shared how her son Matthew was killed in 2011 by an illegal immigrant who was driving a truck without a driver’s license.“My beautiful son, Matthew, was 23 and had just graduated college and had his whole life ahead of him,” Maloney said.“The illegal alien ran through a stop sign in the residential area and collided with Matthew’s motorcycle.Matthew survived the collision and was getting up out of the street when the illegal alien fled, and when he did, he ran Matthew over,” she went on.“Matthew became lodged in the truck wheel well.
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