Immigration officers in Minneapolis will start wearing body cameras, Noem says

All national migration agents successful Minneapolis volition statesman wearing assemblage cameras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Monday, arsenic the section faces aggravated scrutiny implicit a brace of fatal shootings by national agents successful the Twin Cities.

"Effective instantly we are deploying assemblage cameras to each serviceman successful the tract successful Minneapolis," Noem said successful a post connected X, penning that she had discussed the determination with the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

She added that the argumentation volition beryllium "expanded nationwide" arsenic backing becomes available, writing: "We volition rapidly get and deploy assemblage cameras to DHS instrumentality enforcement crossed the country."

President Trump expressed enactment for the determination connected Monday, saying assemblage cameras "generally thin to beryllium bully for instrumentality enforcement due to the fact that radical can't prevarication astir what's happening."

The Department of Homeland Security has deployed some 3,000 agents to the Minneapolis area, portion of a monthslong crackdown connected radical accused of being successful the U.S. illegally and amid an ongoing fraud ungraded successful Minnesota.

But the section has faced bipartisan disapproval and questions astir its tactics since the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by 2 CBP agents successful Minneapolis precocious past month, which came weeks aft Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent. White House borderline czar Tom Homan, who was dispatched to Minnesota aft Pretti's death, said last week that he's preparing for a "drawdown" of forces successful the state, but the timeline is not clear.

Federal agents already deterioration assemblage cameras successful definite cases. DHS has assemblage camera footage from aggregate national agents who were connected the country for Pretti's death, CBS News previously reported. The footage was referenced successful a preliminary report to Congress by CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility.

A national justice past twelvemonth ordered national agents to deterioration assemblage cameras during each "law enforcement activities" successful an earlier migration surge successful Chicago. The justice aboriginal told national officials the bid "wasn't a suggestion" and was "not up for debate."

Senate Democrats are pressing for each migration agents to beryllium required by instrumentality to deterioration assemblage cameras, portion of a litany of reforms sought by the party successful speech for their votes to money DHS for the remainder of the fiscal year. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described the request past week arsenic a "masks off, assemblage cameras on" policy.

A antecedently negotiated measure to money DHS until September included $20 million for ICE and CBP to acquisition assemblage cameras. But since Pretti's shooting, Democratic senators person said they volition not ballot for immoderate DHS backing authorities that doesn't see deeper reforms. The Senate voted precocious past week to widen DHS backing for 2 weeks to bargain Congress clip to hash retired a longer-term deal. The House is expected to ballot connected that impermanent backing measurement this week.

Former President Joe Biden signed an enforcement bid successful 2022 mounting the signifier for requiring each national agents to deterioration assemblage cameras successful "all due circumstances," portion of a broader acceptable of changes to national instrumentality enforcement. That bid was rescinded by Mr. Trump soon aft his 2nd inauguration past year.