Members of Congress Call on DOJ to Restore the ‘Not Invisible Act’ Findings, an Accounting of Missing and Murdered Native People

 

President Donald Trump surrounded by tribal leaders as he signed the Not Invisible Act during his first term in office. Still image from White House video.

The Not Invisible Act requires the Departments of Justice and Interior to create a joint commission on violent crime involving Indigenous communities. It also details how federal agencies should address what it calls an “epidemic”: the high rates of Native American youth and adults who are missing, murdered or victims of violence. 

“We ask that the DOJ take immediate steps to restore the Not Invisible Act Commission Report. Removing the data from public government websites obstructs long-overdue justice and harms any efforts to combat the crisis.”

— June 9 letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi

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The federal Not Invisible Act Commission 👆has issued its recommendations to help tribal communities, federal agencies, and law enforcement respond to the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

Montana Public Radio’s Aaron Bolton has more.

According to federal crime data, American Indians and Alaska Natives go missing or are murdered at higher rates than their white counterparts. Many cases go unsolved.

Congress passed the Not Invisible Act in 2020.

The bill formed a federal commission made up of tribal leaders, federal agencies, families, and survivors.

This Not Invisible Act hearing in Minneapolis, Minn. was one of seven this year.

The commission held several hearings across the country to get input from tribal communities.

The commission issued numerous recommendations.

It called for more federal funding for tribal police and changes to federal laws that limit tribal police investigations.

It also called for more training and collaboration between tribal, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.

Federal agencies have 90 days to respond to the commission’s recommendations.

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