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Posted on 02/07/2026 5:30:02 PM PST by Drew68
Democrats have proposed legislation to limit ICE’s use of facial recognition, but the proposals are unlikely to advance without bipartisan support.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say they want to tack on restrictions to how ICE can use body camera footage, according to a letter sent to Republican leadership on Wednesday night.
“Prohibit tracking, creating or maintaining databases of individuals participating in First Amendment activities,” the letter says.
It’s unclear how the request for new limits on surveillance will affect ongoing negotiations with Republicans to pass a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. Republicans already agreed to provide more funding for body cameras for ICE officers before Democrats began pushing for limits on how the images are used.
A spokesperson for Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) told POLITICO that Democrats are lining up behind leadership to push for the restrictions, fueled by reports of ICE tracking protesters. DHS launched an internal investigation on ICE’s use of surveillance after Warner sent a letter flagging privacy worries.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who proposed a ban on ICE agents using facial recognition, also supported surveillance limits on body cameras.
“Obviously we want them to be wearing body cameras, but we would want restrictions placed on what that information could be used for,” Markey said. “We want to make sure that we have the accountability for how these officers conduct themselves on the streets of our country, but we don’t want it in turn to be used as a way of coming back and suppressing free speech.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump would not accept any deals that undermine ICE’s enforcement capabilities.
“I know Sen. Schumer and Leader Jeffries sent over a very long list of demands, some of which the administration is willing to discuss. Others don’t seem like they are grounded in any common sense and they are non-starters for this administration,” she said at a press conference on Thursday.
Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, did not specify if the administration was willing to discuss body camera limits.
DHS in an emailed statement to POLITICO criticized Democrats’ proposal to limit surveillance capabilities, saying “sanctuary politicians attempting to ban our federal law enforcement from using tools and technology to track down criminals” would make cities less safe.
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Libtards were certain that body cameras would capture endless images of this:
Instead, they've mostly captured images of this:
And now they're desperate to dig themselves out of the hole that they got themselves into.
To stop the riots in MN. We know most of the rioters are on welfare. So, if a rioter commits a felony, police should arrest them and voila their welfare is taken away.- forever. If Trump finds a rule that they broke their welfare contract for and tells them they will lose their benefits they will believe him and LEAVE.
Welfare is a contract - if you break the rules you agreed to you lose the benefits. If we did that they would all leave because they are getting paid to protest, but when that event is over they still want their welfare $. If you take it away they will leave because they want their gov’t $. Like a NO FLY LIST have a NO WELFARE LIST. No more violence - they will all leave. Why should I pay for this idiocy.
Didn’t the democrats scream and yell to to get body cams ?
Exactly- great graphics to make the point- great juxtaposition!
Pretty sure they did. But don't tell them there's another tool that can be used by DHS. Cell phone data. The FBI used it on J6 to find out who was there and then arrest them. Democrats didn't seem to mind that so much though.
The Democrats made the mistake of believing their own bulls**t.
Never believe your own bulls**t.
They found themselves in a death spiral of "Cops need body cams! Let's get body cams for everyone!"
And conservatives were like,
The hypocrisy is staggering.
How about we ban the anarchists from using their phones to record, too?
They always want everything both ways.
I kinda think we should be throwing anarchists out of helicopters but whatever works.
In other words they want to both ways. To be able to use footage from the cameras against ICE but not for ICE to have footage of them.
A Rodney King do-over and NO CAMERAS.
The most moronic, in secures son a——-@@I he’s on the planet are libs. They need recorded just before the hammer falls. “Don’t start trouble, won’t be trouble”.beotch.
Their own agitators were recording devices.
That might be dating us. 🙁. Wasn’t there a picture in Look or one of those magazines back around ‘69? Asking for an old friend of mine. Be safe.
“Democrats have proposed legislation .... “Prohibit tracking, creating or maintaining databases of individuals participating in First Amendment activities,”
When will Democrats propose legislation to Prohibit tracking, creating or maintaining databases of individuals participating in Second Amendment activities?
On a related note, when will the Republicans roll back the decades of gun control legislation forced onto us nickle and dime over the years by the Left?
Let's start with the 1934 NFA.
Repeal it!
It's pointless when every black thug in saggy pants can roll around the 'hood with a Glock switch meanwhile, lily-white me will be looking at five years in a federal penitentiary if I saw the barrel of my shotgun an 1/8th of an inch too short.
Gun rights supporters have been perhaps the most loyal and stalwart GOP voters over the last 30+ years. We show up to every election and bring a friend!
Throw us a bone already!
I was talking to some organization on the phone, can’t recall exactly who, but at one point they gave me this fairly long spiel about recording the conversation and was I OK with that and agree. I said “Sure that’s fine, I record all my conversations too”
Long pause. “What? We don’t …. allow that. Goodbye.” click
LOL
True.
“Didn’t the democrats scream and yell to to get body cams ?”
Yup! But they never think before they open their mouths…..
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