This morning, I sat down with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to discuss the Justice for Angel Families Act, a bill he’s pushing alongside Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas.
The legislation would extend support to “Angel Families”—immediate relatives of those killed by undocumented immigrants or international drug cartel members. By amending the 1984 Victims of Crime Act, the bill opens the Crime Victims Fund to these families, covering medical bills, mental health counseling, lost wages from emotional distress, and funeral expenses.
It’s a direct response to a system that currently leaves these families without federal compensation.
The bill also locks in the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office, created under President [Donald] Trump but shuttered by President [Joe] Biden. Reopened in…
