Cameras could help alleviate some concerns about ICE transparency and accountability after immigration officers were involved in over two dozen shootings under the Trump administration.
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ICE says body cameras are adequate after deadly shootings, then surges agents to New York for mass arrests
ICE announces they've got enough body cameras, but only after a string of deadly shootings. Then, true to the paperwork, ICE surges into New York and racks up over two thousand arrests. The receipts land in the numbers: the cameras are there, the bodies are there, and the sweep is definitely there. The official line is 'adequate,' but the evidence is in the headcount.
The connection is straight: oversight comes after the fact, not before. The cameras aren’t there to prevent violence, just to record it. When the sweep comes, the footage is a formality—what matters is the tally. The con is simple: they hand out cameras, claim transparency, and keep turning up the volume on enforcement. The stakes are concrete: the next time ICE says they’re 'adequate,' count the bodies, then count the cameras. The receipts are the same every time.
“They call the cameras 'adequate' after the bodies drop, then send more agents in for a sweep. The receipts aren’t in the footage—they’re in the headcount.”
“The agency has enough cameras now, so oversight is covered. And the surge to New York is just enforcement, nothing unusual. Wait, did I say 'deadly'? I meant 'routine.'”
The receipts
The White House has fulfilled its promise to surge U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers into the sanctuary state of New York and go after illegal immigrants who were released from jail and prison. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Tuesday announced that federal immigration authorities had taken 2,197 illegal…
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