I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4651 
To require immigration enforcement staff to wear body cameras, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. ESPAILLAT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the 
Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require immigration enforcement staff to wear body 
cameras, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immigration Enforce-
ment Staff Body Camera Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF BODY CAMERAS BY IMMIGRATION EN-
FORCEMENT STAFF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date that the 
rule under subsection (e) is finalized, the Director of U.S. 
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall ensure that all immigration enforcement staff 
wear body cameras when such agents and officers are en-
gaged in official operations. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—To carry out this section, 
the Director of ICE and the Commissioner of CBP shall 
establish— 
(1) policies, procedures, and best practices for 
the use of body cameras by all immigration enforce-
ment staff, including training relating to the use of 
such cameras; 
(2) policies, procedures, and best practices for 
the use of artificial intelligence and facial recogni-
tion technology to record or review body camera 
footage by immigration enforcement staff, including 
policies that acknowledge the limitations and inac-
curacies of artificial intelligence and facial recogni-
tion technology; and 
(3) policies and procedures for carrying out ad-
verse actions under subsection (f). 
(c) ALWAYS-ON.—Body cameras worn by immigra-
tion enforcement staff shall be turned on at the beginning 
of the shift of such staff and shall remain on for the dura-
tion of such shifts. 
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(d) AVAILABILITY OF BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE.— 
Footage collected by such a body camera shall be made 
available to each party to any administrative proceeding, 
civil action, or criminal prosecution to which such footage 
pertains in accordance with such requirements as the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall by rule require under 
subsection (e). If such footage is not made available, such 
a party may notify the Director of ICE or the Commis-
sioner of CBP, as the case may be, in writing for purposes 
of instigating an adverse action described in subsection 
(f). 
(e) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall commence a rulemaking regarding the use 
of body cameras and the provision of footage in accord-
ance with subsection (d) that is consistent with the ‘‘Civil 
Rights Principles for Body Worn Cameras’’ of the Leader-
ship Conference on Civil and Human Rights, May 2015, 
and ‘‘Three Key Reforms for Facial Recognition and Body 
Cameras’’ of the Project on Government Oversight, April 
2018. The proposed rule shall include a comparison with 
the American Civil Liberties Union’s July 2021 ‘‘Model 
Act for Regulating the Use of Wearable Body Cameras 
by Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘An Act Relative to Body- 
Worn Cameras for Law Enforcement Officers’’ (2016 
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N.H. Legis. Serv. 322 (codified at N.H. REV. STAT. 
ANN. § 105–D (2016))). 
(f) ADVERSE ACTIONS FOR ABSENCE OF BODY CAM-
ERA
FOOTAGE.—Any immigration enforcement staff 
member whose body camera does not record footage be-
cause of a violation of subsection (c) shall be subject to 
furlough, reduction in pay or grade, or a suspension of 
up to 30 days under subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 
5, United States Code, as the Director of ICE or the Com-
missioner of CBP (as the case may be) determines appro-
priate. If a body camera does not record at a time when 
the camera is required to be active, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may not determine that the camera 
suffered a malfunction unless the member submits evi-
dence sufficient to establish that a malfunction occurred. 
(g) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.—The Inspector General 
of the Department of Homeland Security shall conduct an 
annual privacy impact assessment of how body camera 
footage is collected, maintained, stored, and disseminated. 
(h) PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING.—No additional 
funding is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
section. This section shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise made available for such purposes. 
(i) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘immigra-
tion enforcement staff’’ means the following: 
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