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Shutdown Halted ICE Camera Funding, $120 M Restored

7/15/2026

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  • Border czar Tom Homan said Democratic-led shutdowns stopped cameras for ICE agents in fatal shootings.
  • ICE agents in Texas and Maine shot without cameras, leaving deployments.
  • Congress’s $20 million approval for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cameras could not be spent because the shutdown blocked funding.
  • A reconciliation bill later released $120 million for cameras and set a deployment schedule.
  • DHS cited the shutdown after the Houston shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.