He Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of the United States announced that agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) will wear body cameras, this after the deaths of Americans Renée Good y Alex Pretti.
It is Monday February 2 Kristi Noem, head of the DHSannounced this measure after Democratic legislators ask for this change of team and other reforms to the application of immigration legislation, withholding federal funds to press their demands.
The US government is in a partial shutdown following a failure in spending negotiations amid Democratic anger over the killing of two protesters, both citizens, in Minneapolis.
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“Effective immediately, we are deploying body cameras on all officers in the field in Minneapolis,” Noem said on X.
He added that “as funding becomes available, the body camera program will expand nationwide.”
Three days after the shutdown, Democrats in the House of Representatives They want changes in the way the DHS carries out its immigration raids (with heavily armed, masked and unidentified agents who sometimes detain people without warrants) before voting on a spending package.
Body cameras are part of their demands, as are a ban on masks and a requirement to obtain warrants before making arrests and detentions.
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ICE agents shot and killed US citizens Renée Goodhe January 7y Alex Prettihe January 24as protests shook the city of Minneapolis, which the president Donald Trump is targeting a broad campaign of detention and deportation of immigrants.
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