Attorney General Doug Moylan is intensifying a year-long deportation and prosecution initiative he calls “The Purge” as he enters the final 12 months of his term, according to a statement released Tuesday from his office.
The announcement states the campaign will focus on prosecuting repeat offenders and methamphetamine users while expanding efforts to deport non-citizens who commit crimes on Guam. Tuesday, the Office of the Attorney General launched a series of social media videos titled “Purge Reels,” highlighting what it describes as “110 Tributes,” including 78 individuals already deported and 32 additional deportations currently in process since Moylan’s inauguration on Jan. 2, 2023.
The office said it is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, local police, judges, the Department of Corrections, prosecutors, paralegals and, in some cases, defense attorneys to “tactically prosecute and creatively settle cases” using federal and local law to remove “criminals hurting us out of Guam.”
The release asserts the initiative improves public safety, reduces government spending and prevents future crimes, while also protecting non-citizen crime victims. “Crime victims know no race, citizenship, gender, sexual persuasion or nationality,” the statement reads. “The suffering remains the same.”
The campaign is expected to continue through the remainder of Moylan’s term. Additional information and what the office calls its inventory of “Tributes” are posted on the attorney general’s website.