There was a time in this country when standing beside a mother whose murdered child was taken from her would earn you compassion, not a swastika comparison. But that’s not the country the Left is building. They’ve decided that federal agents who hunt down killers and rapists are jackbooted thugs — and the families of murder victims? Inconvenient props to be quietly discarded.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of ICE’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office — VOICE — the program providing support to families whose loved ones were killed by illegal immigrants. Trump created it in his first term. Biden dismantled it, replacing it with a hotline for illegal immigrant detainees to report complaints about their detention conditions. I wish I were exaggerating. A victim support office, gutted so people who shouldn’t have been here could have a dedicated customer service line.
Trump brought VOICE back last April. Since then, over 500 victims have reached out, and 55% of reported crimes involve assault, rape, homicide, or manslaughter. These aren’t abstractions. Jennifer Bos’s daughter Megan was found decomposing in a garbage can in an illegal immigrant’s backyard in Illinois — hidden there for 51 days. The man charged in connection with her death walked free because the charges weren’t detainable under Illinois sanctuary law. Think about that. A dead woman in a garbage can, and the system shrugged.
Called Nazis for doing their jobs
On Thursday, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons held a press conference flanked by Angel Families and addressed the vile smears his officers face daily.
From the Daily Wire:
“I just want to say on a personal note that the families you see up here I’ve become really close with. They’re part of the ICE family, but when ICE officers and special agents are demonized, called Nazis, hated … We do it for these individuals, these families who are no longer with their loved ones because they didn’t get the justice they deserve. And that’s the main reason why ICE and our law enforcement partners are out there, so these Angel Families will finally get justice.”
Behind him stood Agnes Gibboney — an Angel Mom who legally immigrated from Hungary. Her son Ronald was shot and killed by a previously deported illegal immigrant gang member in California in 2002. Her message? “I love ICE. I love ice in my water. I love ice in my drink. I love ICE on the streets to protect us all.”
A legal immigrant. A grieving mother. Defending the very agency the Left says is running concentration camps.
The right man at the helm
Here’s what gets me. The Left can’t defend sanctuary laws that let charged men walk free past a dead woman’s mother. They can’t explain why Biden swapped a victim support office for a detainee complaint line. They can’t look Agnes Gibboney in the eye and call the men hunting her son’s killer Nazis. So they just scream louder and hope the volume drowns out the truth.
It won’t — not while Todd Lyons is standing at that podium with these families. The man didn’t hide behind talking points. He stood with the people who lost everything and said, this is why we do it. I’m grateful he’s at the helm. And I promise you, the Angel Families are too. They know exactly who the good guys are, even if the Left has lost the ability to tell the difference.
Key Takeaways
- ICE Director Todd Lyons directly confronted activists smearing his officers as “Nazis.”
- Trump’s VOICE office, gutted by Biden, has served over 500 victims since its restoration.
- Angel Families — including legal immigrants — stood firmly with ICE against leftist attacks.
- Sanctuary laws continue letting charged criminals walk free while victims wait for justice.
