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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Santana

DHS was granted $20M for body cameras. ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting had none

Immigration Enforcement Houston - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

In the days after two American citizens were shot and killed in Minneapolis earlier this year, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the department would “rapidly acquire and deploy” body cameras to its officers around the country.

Nearly half a year later, after another shooting death under disputed circumstances blamed on the department, the promise still hasn't been fully met — prompting outrage from critics who say the cameras are a chance at accountability for officers enforcing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

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