United StatesFederal officials would share ICE and CBP incident evidence
Federal officials would share evidence with state and local police when immigration or border agency staff fire guns on duty, injure someone, or kill someone.
What it does
Federal officials would preserve and share evidence with state and local police responsible for the area when ICE or CBP staff fire guns on duty, injure someone, or kill someone.
State and local investigators with authority over the incident location would get access upon arrival when ICE or CBP staff fire guns on duty, injure someone, or kill someone. Scene safety or evidence protection needs could limit access.
Argument forSharing evidence as it develops could help state and local police investigate shootings and injuries involving immigration and border agency staff.
Argument againstLimits meant to protect safety or evidence could delay local investigators’ access and make it harder to examine scenes promptly.
More detail
The homeland security secretary and attorney general would preserve and share incident evidence with state and local police responsible for the area. This covers incidents involving staff of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A staff member must fire a gun while on duty or injure or kill another person. Officials would share evidence without unreasonable delay and keep sharing it as it develops.
The homeland security secretary and attorney general would give investigators access to incident scenes. Access would go to state and local police with authority over the location who arrive to carry out their usual investigative work. Officials could limit access for legitimate scene safety or evidence protection needs. Officials would provide access upon investigators’ arrival, without unreasonable delay.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Oct 1Introduced in HouseLatest
- Oct 1Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced
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