[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 65 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 16889-16890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07065]



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Vol. 82

Thursday,

No. 65

April 6, 2017

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 9587--National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2017
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                Proclamation 9587 of April 3, 2017

                
National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Crime Victims' Rights Week, we stand 
                with crime victims and their families, we renew our 
                commitment to safeguarding our communities from crime, 
                and we recognize those who devote their lives to 
                supporting and empowering victims and survivors.

                Crime and violence rob people of their rights to life, 
                liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We must focus on 
                the plight of crime victims and search for effective 
                solutions. For too long, communities across this Nation 
                have suffered from murder rates that are far too high. 
                Gang-related shootings plague our major cities, while 
                violence continues to afflict towns both small and 
                large.

                The physical, mental, and emotional scars borne by 
                crime victims are often coupled with serious financial 
                implications. In 1984, President Reagan signed the 
                Victims of Crime Act, which established the Crime 
                Victims Fund. This fund provides compensation for 
                victims of crime for crime-related expenses such as 
                medical payments, counseling, lost wages, and funeral 
                and burial costs; supports victims' service programs 
                such as domestic violence shelters and rape crisis 
                centers; and builds capacity to improve responsiveness 
                to the needs of crime victims. The Crime Victims Fund 
                receives billions of dollars each year from, among 
                other sources, certain criminal fines and penalties 
                paid by convicted Federal offenders, which helps 
                prevent American taxpayers from shouldering the burdens 
                of reparations. While this fund cannot completely undo 
                the damage caused by crime, it can at least ease the 
                monetary burden felt by victims and their families in 
                the midst of grief.

                As a society, we must continue to support those who 
                have endured the fallout from crime. My Administration 
                is developing an office to assist victims of crimes 
                committed by criminal aliens. The Victims Of 
                Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE), within the 
                Department of Homeland Security, will work to serve the 
                victims of open borders policies--which will no longer 
                form the basis of our immigration system. These victims 
                will not be ignored by the media or silenced by special 
                interests any longer. We will restore law and order and 
                protect our citizens from this undue harm.

                During National Crime Victims' Week, we renew our 
                commitment to protecting all victims of crime, 
                vindicating their rights, alleviating their burdens, 
                and preventing future crime. We will assist our law 
                enforcement community in bringing justice to victims 
                and to their communities. My Administration is resolved 
                to uphold this fundamental purpose of the United States 
                Government--preserving security for all Americans.

                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 2 through April 
                8, 2017, 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.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                third day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
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[FR Doc. 2017-07065
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