{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://jayapal.house.gov/2026/07/30/ranking-members-raskin-jayapal-demand-ice-agents-wear-functional-body-cameras/", "Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal Demand ICE Agents Wear Functional Body Cameras", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Pramila Jayapal", "J000298", "jayapal.house.gov", "jayapal", "https://jayapal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. (July 30, 2026)\u2014Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, sent a letter demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately equip all agents interacting with the public with fully functional body-worn cameras. The demand follows a disturbing pattern of deadly immigration enforcement operations carried out without basic accountability measures in place.\n\n\u201cWe have watched in horror as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials shot over two dozen people and killed six of them, including three U.S. citizens, during immigration enforcement operations since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025.1 In shooting after shooting, we are told that there is no body-worn camera footage of the incident and asked to accept DHS\u2019s account of the incident. Time and again, that account turns out to be a blatant falsehood. It is time for DHS to use the $210 billion that congressional Republicans have given the agency to ensure that every DHS officer is equipped with a fully functioning body-worn camera when conducting immigration enforcement,\u201d wrote the Ranking Members.\n\nDespite repeated DHS promises, body-worn cameras remain absent\u2014or nonfunctional\u2014when they matter most. After ICE agents killed U.S. citizens Ren\u00e9e Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year, DHS pledged rapid nationwide deployment. Nearly six months later, that promise remains unmet.\n\nThe consequences have been deadly. Earlier this month, ICE officers fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas without body camera footage. Days later, officers killed Johan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine while wearing cameras that were not functioning. In both cases, the public was left to rely solely on DHS\u2019s account\u2014despite its documented record of false and misleading statements about these incidents.\n\nDHS has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims about victims, including Ren\u00e9e Good, Alex Pretti, Ruben Ray Martinez, and Marimar Martinez\u2014falsely alleging they attacked officers. In case after case, evidence has contradicted these claims, further eroding DHS\u2019s credibility.\n\nBody-worn cameras are a basic accountability tool used by state and local law enforcement nationwide. They protect officers, safeguard the public, and provide essential transparency for courts and Congress. Yet under the Trump Administration, federal immigration enforcement continues to operate without this standard safeguard.\n\nCongress has already provided DHS with more than $210 billion for immigration enforcement in the last year and a half, including $20 million specifically for body-worn cameras. Even Republican lawmakers have urged deployment, but House Judiciary Republicans recently rejected an amendment requiring their use.\n\nRanking Members Raskin and Jayapal are demanding every agent who interacts with the public be equipped with fully functional body-worn cameras.\n\nClick here to read the letter.", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://jayapal.house.gov/2026/07/30/ranking-members-raskin-jayapal-demand-ice-agents-wear-functional-body-cameras/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9223110973834991, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}