Following two deadly shootings involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and Maine, the Department of Homeland Security is now stating that ICE will ensure each "arrest team has an individual body camera."
This comes after it was reported that the agents involved in the shootings that killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero were not wearing body cameras.
"Ensuring all of our ICE law enforcement officers have body cameras nationwide is a top priority for DHS-especially given the increase in attacks against our law enforcement, including a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them and a 3,300% increase in vehicle attacks," according to a DHS spokesperson.
In addition, ICE has also been told to pause most vehicle stops in the days following the shootings, according to sources.
In the statement, a spokesperson also claimed the purchase of body cameras was "interrupted" by the government shutdown.