Source: US Federal Emergency Management Agency
Headline: Secretary Noem Remembers Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens Driving Under the Influence
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump stand with the victims of illegal alien crimes and their families
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“Far too many American lives have been lost because of illegal aliens driving drunk, including Mathew Denice, Sarah Root, and so many others,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin
“These Americans killed by drunk-driving illegal aliens should still be with us today, and we feel their absence in our schools and offices, at our dinner tables, and throughout our communities
President Trump and Secretary Noem have reopened the VOICE Office to serve all victims of illegal alien crime and their families
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The following names are just a handful of Americans whose lives were taken too soon at the hands of illegal aliens driving under the influence
7-year-old Ivory Smith was killed in a crash caused by Joel Enrique Gonzalez Chacin of Venezuela in Texas in 2024
8-year-old Maverick Martzen was killed in a crash caused by Karmit Singh of India in California in 2019
10-year-old Alex “AJ” Wise Jr
was killed in a crash caused by Rogelio Ortiz-Olivas of Mexico in Texas in 2024
18-year-olds Taliyah Crochet and Rylan Oncale were both killed in a crash caused by Axel Flores-Cordova of Honduras in Louisiana in 2024
19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin were both killed in a crash caused by Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano of Mexico in California in 2021
20-year-old Katie Abraham was killed in a hit-and-run crash caused by Julio Cucul Bol of Guatemala in Illinois in 2025
21-year-old Sarah Root was killed in a crash caused by Eswin Mejia of Honduras in Nebraska in 2016
29-year-old Grayson Davis was killed in a crash caused by illegal alien Jorge Peralta in Texas in 2024
44-year-old Police Officer David Lee was killed by Ramon A
Chavez-Rodriguez of Honduras in Missouri in 2024
7-year-old Melissa Powell and her 16-year-old son, Riordan, were killed in a crash caused by Jose Guadalupe Menjivar-Alas of Honduras in Colorado in 2024
70-year-old Robert Boles was killed in a crash caused by illegal alien Jorge Urbina Lopez in Texas in 2025
On April 10, Secretary Noem relaunched the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office
The VOICE office was shuttered by the previous administration, which left victims of alien crime without access to many key support services and resources
The office was first launched in 2017 by the Trump administration as a dedicated resource for those who have been victimized by crime that has a nexus to immigration
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