U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will continue conducting vehicle stops following a brief suspension triggered by two fatal agent-involved shootings, White House border official Tom Homan said Sunday.
The pause was reversed roughly 24 hours after its implementation, following a directive from President Donald Trump. While a broader evaluation of agency operations remains underway, Homan stated during a tense appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” that operations resumed after acting ICE Director David Venturella instituted immediate procedural adjustments.
Among the new mandates, ICE now requires at least one officer on scene to wear an active body camera during every vehicle stop. The agency has also mandated that experienced journeyman agents be assigned to each operation.
When host Dana Bash questioned how a review could yield conclusions during a single-day pause, Homan stated that the operational adjustments allowed enforcement actions to move forward while the overarching investigation continues.
“The review hasn’t stopped. We just haven’t stopped the vehicle stops because those changes have already been made,” Homan said. “So we’re going to continue doing those stops.”
The policy shift comes after agents were involved in at least five fatal incidents during recent operations, a point highlighted during the interview. When Bash noted that “deadly mistakes were made,” Homan responded that overall training procedures remain under official review.
“We always evaluate training,” Homan said. “It’s something law enforcement does all the time. So I wouldn’t say — now that we’re evaluating some additional training — that mistakes were made. We will see. It’s all being reviewed. We will see where it lies.”
Homan emphasized that the body-camera policy is intended to provide clear records of all encounters for both law enforcement and the public.
“We’ve got to make sure that on every vehicle stop … [there’s] at least one body camera on those vehicle stops … so whether the officer did something right or did something wrong, whether the alien did something right or wrong, it’s on video,” Homan said. “And I’m a big supporter of video cameras … because I want the American people to see what that officer saw when he took whatever action they took.”
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