She added, "The challenge is that it doesn't feel like this administration takes t he Violence Against Women Act and the victims' protections seriously. There's a lot of language being put out there of 'enforcement of the law' and detaining people that are here without authorization, without any regard of the fact that Congress has passed these protections for victims. In the past it felt like [ICE] took that more seriously than they do now. The language out there is that it doesn't matter if people are victims."