{"id":25074,"date":"2026-07-20T16:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=25074"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:36:52","slug":"wyden-merkley-demand-civilian-protections-greater-transparency-for-ice-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-demand-civilian-protections-greater-transparency-for-ice-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley Demand Civilian Protections, Greater Transparency for ICE Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>Following killings in Maine and Texas, Oregon senators join colleagues calling for reforms, body-worn camera deployment, and independent investigations<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Washington DC<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measures suggested by the Oregon senators along with more than 30 of their colleagues in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.king.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/letter_to_secretary_mullin_on_recent_fatal_ice_shootings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">carta<\/a>\u00a0to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin seek to help prevent future deadly encounters involving ICE enforcement officers \u2013 and comes after two recent fatal shootings during immigration enforcement operations in Biddeford, Maine, and Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThe recent fatal shootings involving U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, specifically within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Biddeford, Maine, and Houston, Texas, coupled with similar incidents elsewhere in the country, are completely unacceptable,\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>escribieron los senadores.<strong>&nbsp;\u201cRather than making our communities safer, these actions endanger our citizens and seriously undermine confidence in law enforcement generally.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThe tragic deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Dur\u00e1n Guerrero occurred less than a week apart and carry startling similarities,\u201d <\/strong>continuaron los senadores.<strong> \u201cIn both incidents, the individuals were killed in enforcement actions in which they were not the intended targets. Furthermore, both individuals were shot by DHS officials while inside a vehicle. The unnecessary loss of life in these incidents demands immediate, thorough, independent, and transparent investigations (including the full involvement of local and state law enforcement personnel) along with a comprehensive examination of enforcement protocols, training, and operational approaches necessary to prevent such tragedies. These recent events have further compromised the credibility of DHS and fractured public trust within communities across our country. In each case, DHS quickly issued statements asserting that officers were acting in self-defense, even before evidence of the facts surrounding the incidents had been gathered. Compounding this failure, no DHS officials involved in these fatal shootings wore body-worn cameras that could be reviewed by investigators or members of the public.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cWe remain supportive of removing dangerous convicted criminals from our communities, but this goal can and must be achieved without endangering these very communities in the process,\u201d <\/strong>the senators finished. \u201c<strong>The American people deserve clarity and accountability. We urge you to honor your Department\u2019s earlier commitments and take immediate action to implement these necessary reforms. We also stand ready to work with you to codify reforms into law.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Wyden and Merkley, other co-signers of the letter led by U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) are U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-NM), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Warner (D-VA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and John Fetterman (D-PA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La carta completa es\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.king.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/letter_to_secretary_mullin_on_recent_fatal_ice_shootings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following killings in Maine and Texas, Oregon senators join colleagues calling for reforms, body-worn camera deployment, and independent investigations Washington, D.C. \u2013 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":24865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-25074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-standing-up-for-civil-and-human-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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