Justice Department Quietly Removes Indigenous Violence Report Under Trump Order
A congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Indigenous people was removed from the Justice Departments website under a Trump-era executive order, drawing bipartisan concern from lawmakers and Indigenous advocates who want the document restored.
The Justice Department removed a 212-page report on missing and murdered Indigenous people from its website in February, saying the action followed guidance from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on implementing President Donald J. Trumps executive order on gender definitions, according to department statements and a congressional letter.
The report titled, Not One More: Findings and Recommendations of the Not Invisible Act Commission, was created under the Not Invisible Act, bipartisan legislation signed by Mr. Trump in 2020 requiring the Justice and Interior Departments to address persistently high rates of violence affecting American Indian and Alaska Native people.
Lawmakers and tribal leaders say the removal weakens a congressionally directed effort to document the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people and to coordinate law-enforcement, public-health and victim-services responses nationwide, even though advocacy groups continue to host copies.
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