National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2019
| Published date | 10 April 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 14583 |
| Record Number | 2019-07259 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
Presidential Documents
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Federal Register
Vol. 84, No. 69
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Title 3—
The President
Proclamation 9859 of April 5, 2019
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, 2019
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Ensuring the safety and security of all Americans is my foremost obligation
as President. Criminals must be held accountable for the abuse they inflict
on others and for the trauma they cause our communities. Thanks in large
part to the dedication and hard work of our Nation’s law enforcement
officials, violent crime rates have decreased over the last 2 years. Millions
of crimes, however, are still committed against Americans every year. These
crimes affect the physical, mental, financial, and emotional well-being of
victims, causing loss from which they may never fully recover. During
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, we renew our commitment to sup-
porting victims as they heal from suffering and rebuild their lives. We
also express our gratitude to all those who support victims and who hold
offenders accountable.
My Administration will always stand with law enforcement to protect our
families from all forms of crime and abuse, and it is our core responsibility
to enforce the laws of our Nation. We must continue to support our law
enforcement partners to stop those who seek to do harm to our communities.
Paying a heavy price as a result of those who violate our laws, many
families have been shattered by criminals, terrorists, and traffickers who
abuse our immigration system and enter our country illegally. Our Angel
Families have endured unfathomable pain and, to prevent more American
families from enduring the tragic death of a loved one at the hands of
a criminal illegal alien, my Administration created a new office within
the Department of Homeland Security—the Victims of Immigrant Crime
Engagement, or ‘‘VOICE.’’ VOICE has already assisted thousands of families
by providing them crucial services, such as grief counseling and information
about perpetrators.
Victims of crime—including women who are survivors of crime—need safe
environments conducive to disclosing to authorities information about their
abuse and offender. That is one reason why my Administration is making
robust funding available for domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers,
homicide support groups, and other programs that help empower victims
and survivors. We are supporting more than 7,000 local programs nationwide,
and this investment is giving a greater number of victims than at any
time in our history access to critical victims’ assistance services. We are
also employing innovative methods to aid sexual assault victims in rural
areas who otherwise would not have access to these important services.
My Administration continues to prioritize the protection of our most precious
resource—our children. In December 2018, I signed into law the Amy, Vicky,
and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018, which creates
a compensation fund that child pornography victims can use to obtain
financial support for their recovery and loss. In addition, health and public
safety professionals are implementing innovative programs to help children,
affected by sexual abuse and the opioid crisis, put their lives on better
trajectories despite the despair they have witnessed and the suffering they
have endured in their homes and communities.
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It is critical that we help victims get the justice, assistance, and support
they need to recover and rebuild their lives—whether through restitution,
compensation, counseling, transitional housing, civil legal aid, or their day
in court. All victims of crime deserve our respect, and my Administration
will continue to work to ensure a safer and more secure Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 7 through
April 13, 2019, as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. I urge all Americans,
families, law enforcement, community and faith-based organizations, and
private organizations to work together to support victims of crime and protect
their rights.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.
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