Thus getting addressing something Democrats in the House/Senate where requiring to pass a Homeland Spending budget….
The decision to equip federal agents in Minneapolis with body cameras comes after federal agents in the metropolitan area shot and killed two people, Renée Good and Alex Pretti. Both shootings were caught on camera by bystanders.
Noem praised the move to deploy body cameras as part of “the most transparent administration in American history.”
Many Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents are not currently equipped with body cameras. While at least some of the officers involved in the killing of Pretti were wearing body cameras, the footage from which DHS has said it is preserving, the officers at the scene of Good’s killing did not appear to be wearing body cameras. Data compiled in June 2025 showed ICE had 22,000 employees and 4,400 cameras, and Customs and Border Protection had 13,400 cameras with at least 45,000 armed officers.
The Trump administration proposed large cuts to ICE’s body-camera program for this fiscal year, and the White House called attempts to add a requirement to a budget bill that ICE agents wear body cameras one of “many unserious poison pill demands” from Democrats.
President Donald Trump said at a news conference Monday that he believes body cameras “generally tend to be good for law enforcement because people can’t lie about what’s happening.”….
ICE not planning immigration enforcement operations at Super Bowl
Host committee: NFL and DHS have been in contact to ensure security protocols around Sunday’s game.
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The Super Bowl is classified as a Special Event Assessment Rating (SEAR) Level 1 event, which DHS defines as “significant events with national and/or international importance that require extensive federal interagency support.” As with other NFL games, flight above the stadium will be temporarily restricted. Federal authorities will be on hand to mitigate any threatening drone activity. State and local authorities and local law enforcement, the NFL and a collection of federal agencies are involved in the planning.
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