Democrats pushed for body cameras on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Now they want to restrict how the footage is used.
Congressional Democrats made body cameras a top demand after federal agents fatally shot two American citizens in Minneapolis, according to Politico. But privacy groups raised alarms that the recordings could become surveillance tools, pushing the party to call for limits on how ICE handles the footage.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) criticized the proposal in a statement to Politico. The agency said “sanctuary politicians attempting to ban our federal law enforcement from using tools and technology to track down criminals” would make cities less safe. DHS also stated its body cameras do not have facial recognition capabilities.