Overview
- Pamela Brown asked whether Americans must carry proof of citizenship after videos showed agents demanding ID from residents in Minneapolis.
- DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said officers can request identification based on reasonable suspicion during targeted operations and referenced U.S. Code 1357.
- McLaughlin argued clips circulating online lack context and suggested omitted footage may show obstruction or assaults on officers.
- She maintained ICE agents may wear body cameras and said DHS is working to equip all agents, noting the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good was recorded by the involved agent.
- McLaughlin defended calling the killing an act of domestic terrorism as Wolf Blitzer objected, while also touting roughly 2,500 recent arrests as a CNN/SSRS poll found majorities view the shooting as inappropriate and ICE as making cities less safe.