Demand written answers from DHS and ICE about body-worn camera deployment, training, footage, and accountability after ICE shootings, including the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez.

Sylvia R. Garcia · Texas · Democratic

oversight impact 0.55 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 80%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Request written answers from DHS and ICE about body-worn camera deployment, training, policies, footage, and accountability after ICE shootings.. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Official congressional oversight letter from Rep. Sylvia Garcia and other members to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Acting ICE Director David J. Venturella regarding ICE shootings and body-worn camera practices.

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Consistent with congressional oversight responsibilities, we request written answers to the following questions no later than October 14, 2026: 1. Are all active and inactive federal immigration enforcement officers operating on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security DHS or its component agencies (including Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE]) provided with functional body-worn cameras as of September 14th, 2026?

Garcia and other members requested written answers from DHS and ICE by October 14, 2026 about whether federal immigration enforcement officers had functional body-worn cameras and related training, policies, footage, and accountability after recent ICE shootings.

260930_final_followup_letter_re_bwc_2.pdf
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Evidence

verified · Source version 84874 · locator 5921

The Members requested written answers from DHS and ICE by October 14, 2026.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): An official congressional release says Sylvia Garcia joined Chellie Pingree and Greg Casar in sending DHS and ICE an oversight letter seeking written answers after ICE shootings, including Garces Perez, about body-camera deployment, training, footage, and accountability.

delivered same_term A for effort

Reps. Pingree, Garcia, Casar Call for Accountability After Three ICE Shootings and Body Camera Failures | U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree
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Why did the unnamed officer involved in Mr. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez’s shooting not have his previously issued body camera?

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The signed letter, with Sylvia R. Garcia listed as a Member of Congress, asks DHS and ICE detailed questions about Garces Perez’s shooting, body-worn camera issuance, training and guidance, available footage, and possible disciplinary action.

delivered same_term A for effort

260930_final_followup_letter_re_bwc_2.pdf
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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Public state: delivered As of 2026-10-08 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment was an action promise to request written answers from DHS/ICE by October 14, 2026, not to secure DHS/ICE responses. Verified evidence states that the Members requested written answers from DHS and ICE by that date, and includes a question about the Wilber Rafael Garces Perez shooting/body-camera issue. Because the commitment itself is attributed to Garcia as part of the congressional oversight letter, this supports material attribution and same-term delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%