For anyone holding out hope that a second Trump administration might bring meaningful change to the nation’s sex offense policies, the July 24, 2025 executive order should clear up any confusion: the registry is here to stay—and it’s growing teeth.
President Donald J. Trump has made it unmistakably clear that he supports the continued enforcement, expansion, and surveillance of the sex offender registry. This isn’t a course correction or a fresh approach. It’s a doubling down.
The executive order, issued under the guise of addressing homelessness, public safety, and mental illness, lays out a sweeping policy framework that escalates civil commitment, increases registry enforcement—particularly for the unhoused—and offers federal incentives to states and localities that follow suit.
For those who believed America might be inching toward a more rational, evidence-based approach to sex offense policy, this document should serve as a wake-up call. The policy isn’t shifting. If anything, it’s becoming more entrenched.
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But perhaps most disturbing is this: while it’s easy to politically point fingers at Trump for this executive action, the silence from the Democratic Party has been deafening. Not a single prominent Democrat has publicly or privately condemned the order—not in Congress, not on cable news, and not within the civil liberties circles that so often champion due process and second chances.
This isn’t just one man’s policy. It reflects a bipartisan reluctance—whether out of fear, convenience, or political calculation—to confront the failures of our nation’s sex offense laws. The lack of response speaks volumes: there is no meaningful opposition.
So for those who believed a shift was coming…
I think too dark a picture is being painted here.
This executive order may intensify civil committment and make homeless registrants more burdensome to register and even cause some or many to be civilly committed which is NOT good seeing how the registry is causing many registrants to become and remain homeless, and this is alarming to say the least.
I would NOT say, however, that this puts an iron-clad guarantee that the registry is now permanently affixed and therfore all hope is gone!!
We have a US Supreme Court, and State Supreme Courts that don’t always agree with the President or Congress, and States at times will not enforce Federal law if a State’s definition of the Constitution ( which at times is more defining of some of the language of the US Constitution ) disagrees with the Constitutionality of a Federal law, so let’s not throw up our arms and say it’s all over with but the crying.
If anyone wants to give up hope, that’s up to them, but I’m not buying it and neither should you!
I know that God is ALOT bigger than President Trump or any leader or government.
I read the EO
I did not get the same perception.
Pretty much just telling his agencies to enforce existing laws as far as registrants are concerned. Laws that have applied to us for years.
Nothing new here. I am not going to allow myself any additional anxiety over this EO, I am not homeless, under arrest for a federal crime nor reside with unrelated children. I am far more concerned over food and gas prices, things that are getting better every day.
Congress should have done this though, because there is some “open to interpretation” about the term “evaluate”
Is this a thumbing of one’s nose at the population who has been criminally convicted by one who wasn’t?
I said months ago that this admin would look to make all registration lifetime by changing SORNA. looks like my nightmare might become reality.
Once again, I am so glad that I have left the USA and it’s eternal punishment of a mistake that I made almost half a century ago. The courts know that registration is punishment, but pretend that it is just civil paperwork. Paperwork that denies over 99% of housing and job opportunities. “Justice and Liberty for all” is such a lie that they taught us in school.
This EO isn’t just stupid, it’s also impossible to enforce. He says he wants the police to monitor and map the location of homeless registrants. That’s not gonna happen.
Trump Belongs on the Registry. He has got away with sex crimes than Epstein himself
maybe ebstien files will help loosin the rules once the filthy rich are faced with thier own fantasy island
ISVOR is treason against Article 1, Section 13. (b) Indiana Constitution. The founding fathers specified a clear distinction between the powers granted to victims throughout the criminal justice process to effectively prevent an over extension of power given to any citizen that would potentially infringe upon the constitutional rights of other citizens which is exactly what Zachery’s law has done is it has abrogated the numerous constitutional rights of American citizens throughout the criminal justice process hence having to register oneself in order to retain their freedom after having served their sentence. Victims can’t infringe upon constitutional rights is state constitutional law which effectively proves that the legislature was never delegated the power by the constitution to enact the sex offense registry created on behalf of victims of crime pursuant to Zachery’s law or Megan’s law which have been turned into their own document that’s acting above the constitutions and the Declaration of Independence. We have a Constitution in this country. This isn’t Zachery’s law or any pretext of a citizens name that have been enacted into their own law. This is treason.
you want to know just watch south park
“while it’s easy to politically point fingers at Trump for this executive action, the silence from the Democratic Party has been deafening. Not a single prominent Democrat has publicly or privately condemned the order—not in Congress, not on cable news, and not within the civil liberties circles that so often champion due process and second chances.”
While that may be true, the question still remains that would you rather live in a state like Floriduh, Alabama or Texas as a person on the registry? Or would you rather take your chance in California, Oregon, or a liberal New England state like Mass or Vermont which is run by Dems? I choose the latter.
We should, as a group, consider providing more help to those less fortunate who are in our situation. Look for ways to support registrant-friendly shelters and transitional programs.If you’ve been helped by someone, consider doing it for someone else.
@Doc, agree on the silence comment. The ACLU issued a press release on this order on 7/24 (you can see it on their web site under press releases), but there is no mention of the parts of the order that reference PFRs. As we know, the ACLU is uncharacteristically absent from the registry discussion from a National perspective; only a handful of states (like MI) actually step up to take a stand.
I am now starting to see youtube influencers addressing this EO. The overriding message from both the influencers and the vast majority of comments seem to match what I see here – is a slippery slope for the gov to lock up anyone they want and who they consider undesirable. Glad to see us registered people here are not the only people who are concerned about this EO. Many are staying we should all be scared that the gov is going to be using this EO as an excuse to start locking up millions of people.