Overview
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed ICE and other DHS agents operating in Minneapolis to begin wearing body-worn cameras immediately.
- Noem said the program will extend nationwide as resources allow, indicating a phased rollout tied to appropriations and operational logistics.
- The directive follows the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens during recent immigration operations in Minneapolis that drew intense public scrutiny.
- Democratic lawmakers have pushed to make cameras a condition of DHS funding, contributing to a short-term federal funding disruption and a pending stopgap vote.
- Trump voiced support for body cameras, and the administration last week replaced Greg Bovino with Tom Homan to recalibrate Minneapolis enforcement strategy.