Nonpartisan government watchdog recommends automated activation of ICE body cameras

By: Ariana Figueroa

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 553

Last Updated: 3 days, 13 hours ago

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection need to improve oversight and guidance for federal immigration officers' use of body-worn cameras, according to a Wednesday report from independent federal investigators.

Officials with the Department of Homeland Security, however, resisted a recommendation in the report from the Government Accountability Office that ICE change its current policy, in which agents choose when to manually turn on body cameras, as opposed to …

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