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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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ICE will not reveal body-camera footage unless in agency’s ‘best interests’

close up of a federal agent's tactical vest
A federal agent stands guard at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on 30 May 2026. Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian

Officers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be equipped with much-delayed body cameras by the end of next month, it was reported on Friday. But experts have questioned the transparency of a policy that allows the ICE director to restrict the public release of footage unless “it is in the best interests of the agency”.

Pressure has mounted on the Trump administration to provide body cameras after people caught up in encounters with federal immigration personnel suffered death or serious injuries.

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