Members of Congress highlight missing minority women, girls
Source: Associated Press
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN,
Associated Press
March 3, 2022
Updated: March 4, 2022 12:08 a.m.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of a congressional panel focused on civil rights and liberties shared sobering statistics Thursday on the disproportionate number of Indigenous, Black and other minority women and girls who are being reported missing in the United States, saying more needs to be done to tackle the problem.
About 40% of the more than 250,000 women and girls reported as missing in 2020 were people of color, according to federal data gathered by the the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Despite making up a smaller share of the overall U.S. population, committee members said Indigenous, Black and Hispanic women and girls are going missing at higher rates.
The panel’s chairman, U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, called it a “crisis hiding in plain sight." He said he was hopeful Thursday's hearing would shine more light on a problem that has shattered countless families, exposed jurisdictional challenges for law enforcement and highlighted the importance of media attention.
The cases span the country, from South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana to Louisiana, South Carolina and New York. Of the more than 700 Indigenous people that have gone missing in Wyoming over nearly a decade, for example, less than 1 in 5 received any media coverage, Raskin noted, citing a recent report from the state.
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and sadly in many cases, not even local "Amber alert" worthy. 
I just found a recent case right here in PA in Johnstown and what the state police claims is the criteria and why it wasn't used - https://wjactv.com/news/local/explainer-why-an-amber-alert-was-not-issued-for-abducted-johnstown-toddler
the abducted child must be under eighteen (18) years of age, and the abducted child is believed to be in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury
Of course the toddler looked like this -
They instead issued a lesser advisory -
Fortunately she was found. But POC lives are generqally devalued so there is less urgency.
