WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded stronger accountability measures for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers., urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fulfill its previous commitments to deploy and expand the usage of body-worn cameras, strengthen officer identification requirements, and review enforcement protocols.
The measures suggested by the Oregon senators along with more than 30 of their colleagues in a letter (https://www.king.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_secretary_mullin_on_recent_fatal_ice_shootings.pdf) to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin seek to help prevent future deadly encounters involving ICE...