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Noem: Body cameras to be deployed to immigration agents, starting in Minneapolis (minnesotareformer.com)

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that body cameras would be given to federal immigration agents across the country, starting in Minneapolis, where two U.S. citizens were shot and killed by agents in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

“As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide,” she wrote on social media. “We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country.”

Noem did not specifically say agents would be required to wear the cameras.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20260203130434/https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/02/repub/noem-body-cameras-to-be-deployed-to-immigration-agents-starting-in-minneapolis/

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

With as much as cameras have failed to reduce violence by the ordinary police, I can't see this as much more than a payday for Axon. They've been fighting for ICE to get cameras for a while now. As another comment stated, lack of video evidence does not seem to be the weak link in fixing the violence perpetrated by ICE.

(Jacobin)

Axon Enterprise, Inc., a weapons company and the country’s largest manufacturer of body-worn cameras, has lobbied aggressively since July on the $64 billion Department of Homeland Security spending bill that lawmakers passed on Thursday. The company’s CEO, a regular campaign contributor to Republicans, also donated directly to key Democratic lawmakers who pushed for the body camera measures.

Now, the company is well-positioned to reap the benefits of the $20 million allocated by the legislation for body cameras as part of ICE’s extended $10 billion budget

Axon has faced lawsuits for monopolizing the police body camera market and raising prices on local government contracts. Its profits have soared despite recent studies casting doubt on body cameras’ ability to curb law enforcement misconduct.

Axon spent at least $1.4 million on lobbying in the last half of 2025, including on the Department of Homeland Security spending bill “for body worn cameras” and other technology, according to recent federal disclosures. Axon’s nearest competitor, Motorola Solutions, also lobbied on the homeland security appropriations bill.

Democrats on the Appropriations Committee touted the provision as an accountability measure. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), the top recipient of campaign cash from Axon executives ($20,073), including the company’s CEO, reintroduced legislation to do so last week. Gallego cosponsored the bill alongside fellow Arizona Democrat, Sen. Mark Kelly. Axon is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Not trying to single out Dems in this specifically, they are just the more surprising individuals involved. It just makes me mad that something like this that should be a win for the public seems moreso to be a win for every but the public.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Two people were murdered by these fascist freaks with dozens of angles on each of them and none of them are being thrown in jail for murder so what the fuck will body cameras do huh?

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

And they just seem to never have any luck with these cameras when they do have them. They always seem to be off somehow or missing when we need them the most. If they do work, there's always some unfortunate technicality blocking the FOIA requests. Even the cameras monitoring the most important criminals' jail cells go on the fritz at just the right moment for them to inhume themselves. But we keep on buying them and paying for all that cloud storage at monopolistic prices.

I wonder what would happen if we spent this camera and other ICE money on providing an efficient means to citizenship instead.... 🤔

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