"Masto had been part of the Senate committee that originally introduced the Not Invisible Act in 2019, which was signed by Trump during his first term in 2020. At the time, he tweet-bragged that he was the first president to "formally recognize the issue of Missing & Murdered Native Americans." "Forgotten NO MORE!" he wrote. Well, "Forgotten until 2025," apparently. Speaking to the Journal Record, one spokesperson from the DOJ confirmed the report was removed"
"According to Masto, the report disappeared in February-during a time in which the Trump administration was rinsing the country of crucial government resources, like key CDC programs tracking public health, family planning services, and air safety. (Not to mention removing Julianne Moore's children's book, Freckleface Strawberry, from administration-led schools.) Masto and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)-who chairs the Senate Indian Affairs Committee-have been reaching out to the administration to restore the report. According to Masto, the DOJ and White House have yet to comment on why"
Senator Cortez Masto and Senator Lisa Murkowski passed the Not Invisible Act in 2020 to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous people. President Trump signed the law in 2020 during his first term. When Trump returned to office, his administration removed the DOJ report implementing the law and the report remained offline for 285 days. A DOJ spokesperson attributed the removal to Trump's DEI and anti-trans executive order. The report disappeared in February amid broader cuts to government programs, including CDC tracking and family planning. Masto and Murkowski have sought restoration, and the DOJ and White House have not explained why the report was categorized as a DEI issue. Indigenous communities suffer disproportionate deaths and disappearances.
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