In the name of transparency, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem just announced that they will be deploying bodycameras to all immigration agents.

They will start rolling them out first in Minneapolis, and then, eventually, nationwide as funding becomes available.

Read Kristi Noem’s full announcement here:

I just spoke with @RealTomHoman @ICEDirector @CBPCommissioner. Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.

As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide. We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country.

The most transparent administration in American history—thank you @POTUS
Trump.

Make America Safe Again 🇺🇸

Funnily enough, Congressional Democrats started the push for ICE and Border Patrol to start wearing bodycameras.

Politico reported:

The Trump administration announced Monday that immigration officers in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras during operations in the city, after congressional Democrats and some Republicans called for ICE and Border Patrol to adopt the technology.

The apparent concession comes as the administration and lawmakers haggle over new limits for immigration enforcement as they negotiate a funding compromise for the Department of Homeland Security…

A body camera requirement has won bipartisan support on Capitol Hill during the DHS funding fight. Moderate Republicans had come around to the idea that ICE and CBP should require agents to wear body cameras, even as debate continues on other Democratic proposals, including more training and the end of qualified immunity for ICE officers.

I have a feeling this is going to backfire tremendously, just like it already did with the Black Lives Matter movement back in 2020!

President Trump seems to think so, too:

What are your thoughts?

Do you support equipping our immigration agents with bodycameras?



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