Under Oath, Top DHS Officials Admit Filming Agents Is Not a Crime

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-admits-filming-legal

Under Oath, Top DHS Officials Admit Filming Agents Is Not a Crime

Their boss, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has said that videotaping officers on the job is a form of “doxing” and “violence.”

STEPHEN PRAGER
Feb 12, 2026

The US Department of Homeland Security has claimed for months that filming immigration agents on the job constitutes a criminal offense. But under oath during a Senate Homeland Security Committee oversight hearing on Thursday, the leaders of immigration agencies under the department’s umbrella admitted this is not true.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chair of the committee, interrogated Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Rodney Scott, the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and Joseph Edlow, the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about the recent surge of agents in Minnesota, which has resulted in the killing of two US citizens since January.

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“So what we see is the beginning of the encounter with Alexander Pretti. He’s filming in the middle of the street,” Paul explained after rolling the tape.

The senator then asked Scott and Lyons, “Is filming of ICE or Border Patrol either an assault or a crime in any way?”

They both responded flatly, “No.”

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