G.E.M.— You ARE a gem. This post is a clear CALL TO ACTION. Each of us needs to contact members of congress ASAP to tell them how we (& the supermajority of Americans) feel. Not a penny more to DHS unless these reforms are enacted.
Republicans only concession to Democrats’ ICE demands is to mandate body cameras, but that’s only because they know that is a pretty toothless request. Even normal police departments sometimes struggle with the cameras. There have been plenty of situations where police “forgot” to turn on the cameras or they “malfunctioned”. Does anyone think ICE would record problematic situations? Or if something was recorded, it would ever be see the light of day?
The solution to the body-cam obstacle: agents can’t report for active duty until they have one.
G.E.M.— You ARE a gem. This post is a clear CALL TO ACTION. Each of us needs to contact members of congress ASAP to tell them how we (& the supermajority of Americans) feel. Not a penny more to DHS unless these reforms are enacted.
Republicans only concession to Democrats’ ICE demands is to mandate body cameras, but that’s only because they know that is a pretty toothless request. Even normal police departments sometimes struggle with the cameras. There have been plenty of situations where police “forgot” to turn on the cameras or they “malfunctioned”. Does anyone think ICE would record problematic situations? Or if something was recorded, it would ever be see the light of day?
They won’t even bother to find them and claim “it takes years to get cameras for this many agents”.