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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A kitchen manager at the center of the Zipps Sports Grill immigration raids has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for his role in hiring undocumented workers. -
Every year, Arizona State University Barrett Honors College professor Abby Wheatley brings her class on transnational migration to the Arizona borderlands. -
The U.S. Border Patrol has a new leader: Rosario Vasquez has been named chief of the agency. -
Several times over the past three weeks, Karla Toledo’s life has changed drastically. This week, another major development unfurled: An immigration judge dismissed the case against Toledo altogether. -
Recipients of the Obama-era DACA program, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, are being detained and sometimes deported, despite their status.
