Legislation introduced by Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego looks to create accountability measures for ICE agents.
The bill comes amid a broader discussion in Congress about how ICE operates and what oversight mechanisms exist to monitor it. Four people have been wounded or killed in ICE shootings across the county this month — including US citizen Renee Good, who died in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot into her car’s front window.
Gallego and Kelly’s legislation — called the Stop Excessive Force in Immigration Act — calls for a clear use-of-force standard that limits deadly force and the use of firearms. It would also require agents to wear body cameras and curtail the use of masks.
A Customs and Border Protection policy enacted under the Biden administration required the use of body cameras for Border Patrol agents in Arizona and some other states. A House bill requiring their use of both for border and immigration agents was introduced in 2021, but never progressed.
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Democratic Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona introduced a trio of bills — including one called the Drain ICE Act, which would rescind the $75 billion a GOP-crafted spending bill earmarked for the agency last year. -
Republicans in the state House and Senate have censured Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes over comments surrounding Arizona’s "stand your ground" laws and ICE enforcement. -
On Wednesday, Rep. Paul Gosar, a Bullhead City Republican whose district includes the site, wrote a terse letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding “transparency” and coordination with a community that had received none so far. -
On Tuesday, hundreds of people packed a Surprise City Council meeting to protest new ICE facility. The Show's Sam Dingman documented the meeting. -
Last year, 305 residents applied for delayed birth certificates. Nearly two-thirds of 9,949-square-mile county encompasses tribal lands belonging to Navajos, Hopis and White Mountain Apaches.
