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VOICE Restoration Act

To establish the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Latest action (Jan 3, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Legislative subjects (4)
Border security and unlawful immigrationCrime victimsImmigration status and proceduresSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary
  • Establishes the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE) within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to assist victims and witnesses of crimes committed by aliens without lawful immigration status
  • Directs VOICE to use a victim-centered approach to support affected persons and families and to promote awareness of available services to victims
  • Authorizes VOICE to operate a toll-free hotline, provide local contacts, offer access to social service professionals, assist victims with custody status notifications, and provide criminal history information about detained aliens
  • Requires VOICE to build collaborative partnerships with community organizations assisting crime victims
  • Requires VOICE to publish quarterly reports to Congress, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the President studying the effects of victimization by aliens without lawful status

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Jack Bergman’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $67,004
  • ART MORAN BUICK GMC $33,350
  • MIT45 $31,800
  • THE RICH DAD COMPANY $13,200
  • ZURICH $12,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jack Bergman → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 9382 — To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to link together applications of family members throughout the NEXUS application process, and for other purposes. (shares 2 subjects)
  • SRES 845 — A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Child Awareness Month" to promote awareness of charities that benefit children as well as youth-serving organizations throughout the United States and recognizing the efforts made by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and youth as critical contributions to the future of the United States. (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 9773 — Permanent Trump Secure Border Act (shares 2 subjects)

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  • HR 57 — Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 445 — Border Security Investment Act · Introduced Jan 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 10034 — Border Security and Immigration Reform Act · Introduced Dec 17, 2024 · Cong. 118 74%
  • HR 61 — Ensuring United Families at the Border Act · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 3859 — Returning Illegals over Turmoil Act · Introduced Jun 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 3725 — Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Bergman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To establish the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement Restoration Act” or as the “VOICE Restoration Act”.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) In April 2017, the United States Department of Homeland Security launched the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE) in response to the Executive Order 13768 issued by President Donald J. Trump entitled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, which directed DHS to create an office to support victims of crimes committed by criminal aliens.

(2) In June 2021, the United States Department of Homeland Security terminated VOICE pursuant to the Executive order on the Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities issued by President R. Joseph Jr.

SEC. 3. VICTIMS OF IMMIGRATION CRIME ENGAGEMENT OFFICE.

(a) Establishment.—There is established the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “VOICE”) within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which shall provide assistance to victims of crimes committed by aliens present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws, in addition to witnesses and legal representatives of individuals acting at the request of a victim or witness.

(b) Duties.—The duties of VOICE are to do the following:

(1) Use a victim-centered approach to acknowledge and support persons who are victims or witnesses described in subsection (a) and their families.

(2) Promote awareness of available services to such persons.

(3) Build collaborative partnerships with community stakeholders assisting such persons.

(c) Assistance.—The types of assistance authorized to be provided by VOICE to such persons impacted by crimes committed by aliens described in subsection (a) includes—

(1) the establishment and operation of a dedicated toll- free VOICE Hotline to answer questions from victims;

(2) local contacts to help with unique requests from such persons;

(3) access to social service professionals able to refer victims to resources and service providers;

(4) assistance signing up to receive automated custody status information regarding an alien described in subsection

(a) held in custody; and

(5) additional criminal or immigration history may be available about an illegal alien to victims or their families.

(d) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, VOICE shall publish quarterly reports to Congress, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the President of the United States studying the effects of the victimization by aliens described in subsection (a) present in the United States. <all>

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