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ICE Vehicles Lack Lights, Body Cams, Officials Clarify Targets

7/22/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Border czar Tom Homan said ICE vehicles have lights and sirens but he had not seen footage of them in use.
Margaret Brennan showed videos of ICE vehicles without lights and said Lorenzo Salgado Araujo thought he was being robbed.
Homan noted the officers lacked body cameras, prompting ICE to deploy them after funding delays.
DHS clarified that neither Lorenzo Salgado Araujo nor Joan Sebastian Guerrero were the intended targets.

History

Historical Context

After the September 11 attacks, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 dissolved the INS and Customs Service, creating ICE on March 1 2003 with a $1.5 billion budget, 7,000 agents and 1,200 vehicles lacking emergency lights. President George W. Bush funded the launch, and today Border Czar Tom Homan’s complaints about siren-less trucks and missing body-camera footage echo those early equipment gaps.

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Story summary

Border czar Tom Homan said ICE vehicles have lights and sirens but he had not seen footage of them in use.
Margaret Brennan showed videos of ICE vehicles without lights and said Lorenzo Salgado Araujo thought he was being robbed.
Homan noted the officers lacked body cameras, prompting ICE to deploy them after funding delays.
DHS clarified that neither Lorenzo Salgado Araujo nor Joan Sebastian Guerrero were the intended targets.

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