U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will require officers to record all vehicle stops with body cameras following two fatal shootings this month, Tom Homan announced Saturday. The Department of Homeland Security said cameras have been deployed to more than half of ICE field offices, with remaining locations to receive them within 60 days.
The policy shift follows the deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston on July 7 and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, six days later. Neither man was the intended target of the operations. Durán's death marked the 11th fatal shooting by federal immigration officials since President Donald Trump's second term began.
The mandate reverses the administration's earlier stance. The Trump administration sought to cut body-camera funding by 75% in 2025 after a pilot program launched in five cities the previous year. Congress later approved $20 million for body cameras in April 2026. President Trump also overturned DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin's suspension of vehicle stops on July 16.