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ICE Teams Get Body Cams; Trump Reverses Vehicle-Stop Pause

7/20/2026

Summary

Story summary

Border czar Tom Homan announced that every ICE arrest team will now have at least one officer equipped with a body camera.
He said the prior $20 million allocation was insufficient for cameras and storage.
Funding from the June $70 billion reconciliation package enabled camera purchases and the start of trainer-of-trainers deployment.
President Donald Trump reversed the vehicle-stop pause within 24 hours after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin temporarily halted them.

History

Historical Context

ICE was formed in 2003 when the Homeland Security Act merged the INS and Customs Service after the September 11 attacks, placing it under the new Department of Homeland Security. Since then the agency’s investigative arm HSI and removal arm ERO have expanded, with ICE holding about 73,000 detainees by January 2026, reflecting decades of growing enforcement and mounting legal challenges.

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Story summary

Border czar Tom Homan announced that every ICE arrest team will now have at least one officer equipped with a body camera.
He said the prior $20 million allocation was insufficient for cameras and storage.
Funding from the June $70 billion reconciliation package enabled camera purchases and the start of trainer-of-trainers deployment.
President Donald Trump reversed the vehicle-stop pause within 24 hours after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin temporarily halted them.

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