Despite Democratic politicians and mainstream media ignoring the families of victims of illegal-alien crime, Trump administration officials have made “This is our why” the rallying cry for immigration enforcement.
Angel families had the spotlight on Thursday during a press conference hosted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency marked the one-year relaunch of a special office dedicated to supporting the victims of illegal immigrant crime and their families.
The Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office was first launched in 2017 by President Donald Trump but shuttered under the Biden administration.
On April 9, 2025, the Trump administration reopened the VOICE office to provide personalized resources and assistance to victims and their families forever shattered by illegal alien crime.
Three “Angel Mothers,” whose children were killed or permanently injured and lives forever changed by criminal illegal aliens — Jennifer Bos, Patricia Fox, and Agnes Gibboney — shared their powerful stories during the press conference.
Angel mom Agnes Gibboney is approaching the 24th anniversary of her son’s death and got connected with the VOICE Office when it first opened during Trump’s first term.
“For us angel families, this is not politics,” Gibboney said. “This is not something that fades with time. This is personal and the pain is forever. It will never be erased.”
Gibboney said she was a legal immigrant from Hungary, adding “I find it very offensive that my country gives sanctuary to criminals and not families like mine who follow the law.”
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons opened the press conference, highlighting the work of the VOICE office over the last year. The office helps victims follow and understand the immigration enforcement and removal process, including custody status updates as they face criminal charges or deportation.
The office fielded almost 900 calls from victims, family members and advocates. Of those, 62% were looking for case status information, 25% were looking for victim services and others asked general questions about the custody of aliens.
“The Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, which we call VOICE, exists for one reason, to ensure the victims of crime committed by aliens are not forgotten, so they are not ignored,” Lyons said.
Jennifer Bos spoke first and later appeared on Fox News to discuss her daughter’s story. The VOICE office was reopened a day before authorities found the body of her daughter, Megan Bos, in a garbage can outside the home of Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez on April 10, 2025.
After three months of walking free after his initial arrest, on July 19, 2025, ICE officers arrested him in Chicago.
“ICE was proud to arrest the illegal alien who hid her daughter’s body, doused in bleach, in his own yard,” the agency shared on social media. “Jennifer, we’re incredibly grateful that you found the courage to speak at our event to share your daughter Megan’s tragic story. We stand behind you.”
ICE was honored to have Jennifer Bos join us for the one-year anniversary of our VOICE Office relaunch.
Watch Jennifer on Fox News as she talks about how Chicago’s sanctuary policies let her down.
ICE was proud to arrest the illegal alien who hid her daughter’s body, doused… pic.twitter.com/W2cHS9smVp
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) April 9, 2026
Megan Bos, a 37-year-old woman from Antioch, Illinois, was reported missing in February 2025. Her mother, Jennifer Bos, spent weeks searching for her and pleading for any information.
“The hope she had for her future was erased by someone who had no right to be in this country,” Bos said. “She went to his house and she never left. … That’s why we fight for her every day.”
Mendoza-Gonzalez, a Mexican national in the country illegally, admitted to police that Megan died in his residence allegedly from a drug overdose. He concealed her in a trash bin behind his home in Waukegan, Illinois, for more than 50 days.
Jennifer Bos said the ordeal has been incredibly hard on their family and “a tragedy like mine and the other families that are here could have been prevented and that knowledge creates an agony for us like no other.”
She had to fight “bureaucracy and ideological sanctuary policies” to try and get the suspect detained. In a video honoring Megan Bos, her mother criticized the treatment of ICE officers as they continue to target criminal illegal immigrants across the country.
Mendoza-Gonzalez was charged with abuse of a corpse, two counts of concealing the death of a person and obstructing justice. The charges are Class 4 felonies, but none are detainable offenses under Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s policies and the illegal alien walked free after his initial court appearance.
The VOICE office contacted the Bos family, helping them connect with local support services and track the suspect while he was in custody. Bos thanked President Trump for his support and dedication to Angel Families.
“We show up like this to speak what we are living every day, the dire consequences of open borders and dangerous sanctuary policies,” Bos said. “We come hoping that our stories raise awareness of the vulnerabilities. We have to find a way to work together to put an end to these tragedies that we have the power to prevent.”
The VOICE office provides a direct line for information, support and accountability, as well as where the offender stands in the immigration system and where they are located, Lyons said.
Among the nearly 900 calls to the VOICE Office since its relaunch, 32% involved violent assault, 15% involved rape or sexual assault, 9% involved homicide or manslaughter, 7% involved family or partner violence, and 6% involved stalking or intimidation.
“Each of those numbers represents real people who needed real help,” Lyons said. “And now behind these numbers is a system that’s committed to meeting these needs.”
Lyons added, speaking to the victims’ families, “we see you and we hear you.”
And despite the demonization and name calling of ICE agents, Lyons said “we do it for these individuals, these families who are no longer with their loved ones because they didn’t get the justice they deserved.”
During Gibboney’s time at the podium, she spoke about her son, Ronald, who was 29 years old when he was murdered by an illegal immigrant in April 2002. He also was a loving father to two young boys—something that the media often forgets, she noted, calling it true family separation.
Gibboney said the pain has not faded with the passage of time. The wound gets opened up again over and over again at holidays, birthdays and every anniversary of his death.
“I will never heal from this loss,” she said. “I am here today to honor my son, but also to speak for families like mine whose lives were changed in an instant and never returned to what they knew before.”
She said the VOICE Office helped give her peace of mind “in the middle of fear and confusion” and helped find answers to questions that the California Department of Corrections would not give her.
“And someone who would be there to listen to me, that mattered more to me than I can put into words,” she said. “I still refer other families to VOICE because I know the value of the office because I truly believe in it.”
As someone familiar with VOICE from Trump’s first term, Gibboney praised the work of ICE, President Trump, Border Czar Tom Homan, and everyone at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for making the country safer.
“I love ICE. I love ice in my water. I love ICE in my drink,” Gibboney said. “I love ICE on the streets to protect us all. God bless the men and women of ICE and the office of VOICE.”
