Biden Admin Kneecaps Task Force Charged with Protecting Kids from Predators Amid Criminal Surge
A Department of Justice program directed at digital crimes against children has had its funding cut to levels significantly below that of the Trump administration.
The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force is a national network of 61 coordinated task forces made up of over 5,400 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies “dedicated to investigating, prosecuting and developing effective responses to internet crimes against children,” according to the program’s website.
Funding for the DOJ program has been reduced by President Joe Biden’s administration.
In 2022, the first full fiscal year under Biden, the Internet Crimes Against Children program budget was cut nearly $3.5 million, from $34.68 million to $31.2 million.
