Moore, Davids, and Colleagues Push to Restore Report on MMIP Crisis

Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03) led their colleagues in calling for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to restore the Not Invisible Act Commission Report to their website. This report included critical information on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person (MMIP) crisis but was abruptly removed due to an executive order, erasing years of needed research.

In the letter, the Members highlight the important insights in the report, writing, “The Not Invisible Act Commission was composed of Tribal leaders, law enforcement, federal partners, service providers, and survivors who made recommendations to the DOJ and DOI on combating violence against American Indians and Alaskan Natives. The Commission held seven in-person field hearings and one multi-day virtual national hearing to hear from over 260 people. Many people who spoke to the Commission were family members of lost loved ones or themselves victimized by violence. Their stories and insights were essential to the report’s final recommendations and provided critical insight into addressing the MMIP crisis. This landmark report was a culmination of months of due diligence collection of testimony and data from across the country.”

“This legislation took a critical step in establishing how the government can continue to address the longstanding and ongoing MMIP crisis through the comprehensive collection of information and reporting on a federal agency level. However, on February 18th, 2025, the 212-page report titled, Not One More, was removed from the DOJ website. We understand that this was done to comply with President Trump’s Executive Order entitled Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Defending Women). However, the work done by the Not Invisible Act Commission explicitly does not promote gender ideology or extremism and is compliant with sections d and f of the OPM memo on this matter.”

In the letter the Members emphasize the importance of this report given that Indigenous people, especially Indigenous women, face higher rates of violence yet these incidences are underreported.

“Indigenous people face disproportionate rates of violence. According to DOJ’s National Institute of Justice, 84.3 percent of women and 81.6 percent of men have experienced violence in their lifetime.1 At the same time, lack of data due to racial misclassification and adverse relationships between tribal government and outside law enforcement have led to an un-reporting of MMIP cases.”

The Members call for action, writing “We ask that the DOJ take immediate steps to restore the Not Invisible Act Commission Report as removing the data from public government websites obstructs long-overdue justice and harms any efforts to combat the crisis.”

The Members continue, “Accessible data is essential to addressing this crisis as it identifies patterns of disappearances and death, supports law enforcement and community responses, and informs public policy decision-making. The final report’s removal strips our most powerful tool in the pursuit of justice.”

Read the full text of the letter here.

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