Missing Indigenous women: Activists spur a reckoning

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The vast majority of MMIP cases fall under the jurisdiction of federal law enforcement, in particular the FBI and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
48% : In 2020, Congress passed two bipartisan laws focused on improving the federal response to crimes against Indigenous women, including improving coordination between different law enforcement agencies.
48% : Yet he believes the crisis transcends law enforcement.
46% : Government assistance has been limited, and jurisdictional issues over who handles cases slow and complicate investigations.
39% :Impediments remain in tackling the issue, though, one of which is law enforcement.
37% : A police officer took her statement at the hospital, but, she says, law enforcement authorities doubted her and never properly investigated.
32% : Law enforcement agencies are understaffed.

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