Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security plans to issue body cameras to all of its agents nationwide, starting with those who currently work in the field in Minneapolis.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem made the announcement Monday as protests and backlash over the deaths of two U.S. citizens in the Minnesota city at the hands of federal immigration agents have spread across the country.
There have been increasing questions and criticism about why so few agents in Minneapolis have worn body cameras.
Democrats in Congress have held up an appropriations bill for DHS over concerns about agents' actions during the ongoing national immigration crackdown -- the lack of agents wearing body cameras among them -- which has led to a partial government shutdown.
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