Every federal immigration officer on the ground in Minneapolis will now have a body camera following two recent fatal shootings of anti-ICE agitators.
The decision comes after President Donald Trump replaced Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino with his border czar, Tom Homan, who took command of immigration operations in Minneapolis last week.
Homan’s arrival was sparked by the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent and came just weeks after an ICE agent fired fatal shots at Renee Good after she appeared to hit him with her car. It has also led to a more targeted approach for arrests, with agents prioritizing the worst criminals first.
The officer who shot Good recorded the interaction on his phone.
I just spoke with @RealTomHoman @ICEDirector @CBPCommissioner. Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.
As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide. We will rapidly acquire and deploy body…
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 2, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the latest policy change following a conversation with Homan, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, she said in an X post on Monday.
“Effective immediately, we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis,” Noem said.
She added that the program “will be expanded nationwide” “as funding is available.”
“We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country,” she said.
“The most transparent administration in American history—thank you @POTUS Trump. Make America Safe Again,” she added.
When Daily Wire White House reporter Mary Margaret Olohan asked the president about Noem’s announcement, he didn’t appear to have prior knowledge of the decision.
Still, he said he supports it.
“It wasn’t my decision; I leave it to her. They generally tend to be good for law enforcement because people can’t lie about what’s happening,” Trump said during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Monday.
“If she wants to do the camera thing, that’s ok with me,” Trump said.
Body-worn cameras for federal immigration agents have become a centerpiece of Congress’ latest battle to fund the Department of Homeland Security since the recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis.
Just days before Pretti was shot, footage originally published by The News Movement showed him kicking in the taillight of a vehicle driven by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis.
The video also showed Pretti spitting on an officer and raising his middle finger to the vehicle before one agent gets out of the vehicle and quickly wrestles him to the ground.
The agents eventually let him go, and he was reportedly left with a broken rib. Pretti appeared to have a gun in his waistband as he walked away.
“A week before Alex was gunned down in the street — despite posing no threat to anyone — he was violently assaulted by a group of ICE agents,” attorney Steve Schleicher, who represents Pretti’s family, told the Minnesota Star Tribune after reviewing the footage.
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