A federal agent wears a body camera as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on March 04, 2026 in New York City. dy cameras for the first time in their eight-month presence at the courthouse. (Photo by Mi …
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will now be required to wear body cameras when making vehicle stops.
Speaking to Fox & Friends Weekend, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said ICE will require their officers to record vehicle stops with at least one body cam.
What they're saying:
"They exonerate more law enforcement than they convict, and I want officers to wear body cameras because I want the American people to see what the officers saw when they took that action," said Homan.
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The backstory:
Following a fatal shooting of a motorist by an ICE officer in Maine earlier this month, ICE agents were initially instructed to suspend most vehicle stops during immigration enforcement operations, limiting to only the most egregious cases with serious or violent histories. A policy that was later walked back by President Trump, who said ICE officers should be allowed to conduct traffic stops.
Recent shootings involving ICE officers
The backstory:
The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting on July 13 was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Mullin told him. The officer opened fire after the man tried to use his vehicle as a weapon against officers who were pursuing him in Biddeford,
The backstory:
On Tuesday, July 7, in Houston, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE officer. ICE says agents were attempting to stop Salgado Araujo as part of what they described as a targeted enforcement operation. ICE officers say Salgado Araujo, who did not have legal permission to be in the United States, rammed an ICE vehicle, ignored verbal commands and attempted to run over an officer.
Dig deeper:
In 2024, a body camera pilot program was deployed to ICE officers in just five cities: Baltimore, Buffalo, Detroit, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Following the high-profile deaths of two people in Minnesota that led to nationwide protests, former Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem said the body camera program would be rolled out to ICE agents as funding becomes available.
The Source: This story was written with information provided by Reuters and Fox and Friends Weekend. This story was reported from Orlando.