Tom Homan Was Asked Why ICE Agents Had No Body Cameras in Two Fatal Shootings. He Blamed Democrats for Blocking the Funding
The shootings came as DHS said more than half of ICE field offices had received cameras and the rest would get them within 60 days.
- On July 7, ICE officers fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, followed six days later by the death of Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. In neither instance were officers wearing body cameras, despite a February policy mandating their use.
- Despite $20 million in funding from Congress, ICE operates largely without body cameras. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem promised in February that agents would begin wearing the devices, yet implementation remains incomplete across the agency.
- On July 14, DHS said more than half of ICE field offices had received body cameras, with the rest arriving within 60 days. Former acting ICE chief Todd Lyons told Congress in March that only around 3,000 of 13,000 officers were equipped with cameras.
- Following the deaths and ensuing protests, the Trump administration issued an order on July 14 aiming to limit ICE traffic stops. The directive attempts to address concerns regarding aggressive enforcement tactics that have resulted in multiple fatalities.
- Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins blamed Democrats for rollout delays, while advocates argue that without cameras, officers evade accountability. Polling shows support for abolishing ICE has surged even among Republicans following these fatal encounters.
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Tom Homan was asked why ICE agents had no body cameras in two fatal shootings. He blamed Democrats for blocking the funding
According to the HuffPost, Tom Homan, the border czar for President Donald Trump, is blaming Democrats for the lack of body cameras worn by ICE agents during two recent fatal shootings in Texas and Maine. When asked why the devices were not in use, Homan said political gridlock had prevented the necessary equipment from being acquired sooner. While speaking to reporters outside the White House, Homan stated, “The Democrats shut down the Departme…
Tom Homan Downplays Latest ICE Shootings; 'Not A Bump In The Road'
Border Czar Tom Homan took the latest killings at the hands of ICE agents in Maine as a matter of fact event, which will only need a short term review, even though there are no body cameras used. Homan stopped short of yawning and saying he's not sure why this is even an issue. Fox News host WIll Cain tried to sound competent with his question. CAIN: I want to get your reaction to reporting Tom that this is born in some way out of insufficient …
Kaitlan Collins Presses White House Border Czar on Why ICE Agents Weren't Wearing Body Cams in Deadly Shootings
Kaitlan Collins asked White House Border Czar Tom Homan why ICE agents weren’t wearing body cameras during the fatal shootings this week in Texas and Maine. The CNN anchor pressed Homan, asking why over two months after Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security $20 million to supply them back in April, the technology has not been implemented. “When the Democrats shut down the Department of Homeland Security, I was up on the Hill. I was p…
By Priscilla Alvarez, Holmes Lybrand and Eric Levenson, CNN After federal immigration agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens this January, the then-Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) pledged to “rapidly” deploy body cameras for agents nationwide. “As The post Lack of Body Cameras Fuels Doubts About Official Version of ICE Shootings appeared first on KVIA.
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