REPS. SALINAS, RAMIREZ INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SHARE EVIDENCE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DHS USE-OF-FORCE INCIDENTS

Washington, Oct. 1 -- Congresswoman Andrea Salinas issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Delia Ramirez (IL-03) introduced the ICE Shootings Transparency Act to provide local and state law enforcement agencies unfettered access to evidence in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer-involved shootings and other use of force incidents. "When an ICE or CBP agent kills or injures someone in our community, transparency needs to be the bare minimum," said Rep. Salinas. "Since the start of the second Trump Administration, the federal government has often refused to provide local law enforcement with critical evidence in shootin...