US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will require its officers to record vehicle stops with at least one body camera, announced Tom Homan, the Trump administration's "border czar," on Sunday, July 19, 2026. This decision comes amid renewed scrutiny after ICE officers fatally shot two men earlier in the month during traffic stops in Texas and Maine.

Homan stated on the Fox & Friends Weekend program, "They exonerate more law enforcement than they convict, and I want officers to wear body cameras because I want the American people to see what the officers saw when they took that action."

The agency's tactics have faced public attention following the July 13 killing of Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian driver, in Biddeford, Maine, about 15 miles south of Portland. This incident marked the 11th fatal shooting by federal immigration officials since the start of Trump's second term, including the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

In a separate interview on CBS's Face the Nation, Homan explained that funding for the body cameras was delayed due to the partial government shutdown earlier this year. "The cameras have been purchased right now," he said. "They're training the trainer in deploying the cameras nationwide."

Previously, the Trump administration had slowed the program, urging Congress to cut funding by 75%, according to a Reuters report from January. In February, Kristi Noem, then the Department of Homeland Security chief, indicated the body-camera program would be rolled out to ICE agents nationwide "as funding is available."

The new mandate aims to increase transparency during vehicle stops by ICE officers across the United States.

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