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Every ICE arrest team will now have an agent with a body camera, DHS says, after 2 fatal shootings draw scrutiny
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that every U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest team will now include at least one officer equipped with a body-worn camera, following two fatal shootings by agents without cameras.
- The decision comes after a Mexican man was fatally shot in Houston and a Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine, with neither incident involving agents wearing body cameras.
- DHS cited delays in the body camera rollout due to funding lapses during the recent government shutdown and criticized political opposition for hindering progress.
- Democratic lawmakers have criticized the slow deployment of cameras, with ICE leadership promising full field deployment by the end of July.
- The shootings have intensified scrutiny of ICE practices, especially as both victims were not the intended targets and were shot during attempted vehicle stops, raising questions about the use of force.
