An Illegal Immigrant Killed Her Son. She’s Grateful Trump Is Working To Help Families Like Hers.

The mother of a man who was killed by an illegal alien praised the Trump administration for reopening a government office that supports families of Americans killed by illegals in a Department of Homeland Security first obtained by The Daily Wire.

Maureen Maloney’s son, Matthew Denice, was killed in 2011 by a drunk driving illegal alien who blew through a stop sign and dragged Denice for a quarter mile. In the video, Maloney remembers her son and praises President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for reopening the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office, which offers resources and legal aid to families affected by illegal alien crime.

“I’m just thrilled that VOICE has been relaunched and that the people who need the services will be able to get them,” Maloney said. “I, over the years, have known many victim families that’ve utilized the resources of the VOICE office and have felt that it was very beneficial to them.”

Trump established the VOICE Office in 2017. In June 2021, President Joe Biden shuttered the office and replaced it with the Victims Engagement and Services Line, which also allowed illegal immigrants to report crimes to ICE. At the time, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas praised the change, saying, “All people, regardless of their immigration status, should be able to access victim services without fear.”

Maloney says in the video that her son’s death was particularly tragic because it could have been prevented by stronger immigration enforcement.

“To find out that the person who took your child’s life was in the country illegally, and this could have been prevented, it makes you angry,” Maloney said while recounting the several run-ins with the law that the illegal alien had prior to taking the life of her son. “Matthew’s death was totally preventable.”

“He was an extrovert, everybody loved Matthew. He was voted the most dependable in high school,” Maloney said. “Matthew wanted to be a police officer, he wanted a large family.” Matthew’s stepfather, Mike Maloney, added that “he was a great human being. A great son, a great kid.”

“Far too many American lives have been lost because of illegal aliens driving drunk,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. “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.”

Alex Wise Jr., a 10-year-old boy, was struck and killed by an illegal alien in Texas earlier this year. The driver was captured by police and charged with drunk driving. Two 19-year-olds, Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, were killed by another drunk-driving illegal alien in California in 2021. A mother and her 16-year-old son lost their lives when a drunk illegal alien who had been deported four different times caused a crash in Colorado.

“President Trump and Secretary Noem have reopened the VOICE Office to serve all victims of illegal alien crime and their families,” McLaughlin noted.