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ICE rejects automatic body camera recommendation

A government watchdog had recommended that ICE body cameras activate automatically; the agency declined, and Reuters reports the rejection came from the US government.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on Late Night BBN
Published 11:07 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement — Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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First reported by Al Jazeera: “ICE rejects recommendation for body cameras that automatically record”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 11:07 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: ICE.

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Al JazeeraICE rejects recommendation for body cameras that automatically record

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMeanwhile, the immigration agency has rejected a watchdog's advice that its body cameras switch on automatically, so the wearer still decides when the recording starts.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo it's a camera with a veto. Like a smoke alarm that waits for the fire to ask nicely.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe agency also pushed back on the report itself.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMy phone records everything automatically, and I never once asked it to.