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ICE Mandates Uniforms, Bans Hoodies After Vegas Arrest

7/21/2026

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ICE issued a dress-code memo requiring visible badges and identifiable uniforms for arrests.
Acting ICE Director David Venturella signed it, mandating khaki pants, an ICE polo, a ballistic vest and banning jeans and hoodies.
The rule follows a July 13 botched arrest at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid Airport, where officers in hoodies tackled 57-year-old Australian Phu Nguyen.
Nguyen was arrested by ICE at Los Angeles International Airport the next day.

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Story summary

ICE issued a dress-code memo requiring visible badges and identifiable uniforms for arrests.
Acting ICE Director David Venturella signed it, mandating khaki pants, an ICE polo, a ballistic vest and banning jeans and hoodies.
The rule follows a July 13 botched arrest at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid Airport, where officers in hoodies tackled 57-year-old Australian Phu Nguyen.
Nguyen was arrested by ICE at Los Angeles International Airport the next day.