The Trump administration now announces that anti-immigration agents in Minnesota will be wearing body cameras.

WashingtonUS Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem announced on Monday that anti-immigration agents deployed in Minnesota They will begin wearing body cameras while on duty. Until now, neither ICE nor Border Patrol agents wore any type of camera to record their actions, unlike other law enforcement agencies. Former President Joe Biden ordered federal agents to wear body cameras in 2022 as part of an executive order that included other police reforms. This executive order was revoked as soon as Donald Trump returned to power a year ago. Noem never explained why they decided to remove the cameras from the anti-immigration officers. Now, after the wave of outrage over the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis, the Department of Homeland Security appears to be changing its policy. "Effective immediately, we are deploying body cameras for all active-duty agents in Minneapolis," Noem wrote to X. She added, "As funding becomes available, the body camera program will expand nationwide. We will rapidly acquire and deploy them across the country." It remains to be seen when this promise will materialize. Linking the federal implementation of body cameras to the budget comes amid threats from Democratic senators to trigger a government shutdown if new measures are not taken to regulate and oversee ICE.

Beyond demanding change within DHS, Democrats have also refused to approve a budget that includes new funding for the department when it already has a budget comparable to that of a military. Through the tax law, known as the Big Beautiful Bill, Donald Trump managed to pass a multi-billion dollar package that includes a massive influx of funds for ICE and other anti-immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). However, Noem wants to frame the lack of body cameras as a consequence of a lack of funding. The implementation of body cameras has been a recurring issue in the investigations into the murders of Pretti and Good. The vast majority of existing recordings were made by neighbors who were also present at the scene of the shootings, clearly showing federal agents coldly opening fire on both victims. Despite the footage, the White House denied that the killings were murders and defended them as acts of self-defense by the agents.