Support and work to enact reforms requiring ICE agents to wear visible identification by removing masks and turning on body cameras to increase transparency.

ICE agents must take off their masks and turn on their body cameras; Officers must have visible identification. The public deserves transparency.

Welch commits to requiring ICE agents visibly identify themselves and use body cameras for transparency.

Welch Votes to Begin DHS Reform Process | Senator Welch
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Welch said he would not support a funding bill that gives DHS a blank check for ICE tactics and noted he had cosponsored the Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement (VISIBLE) Act, which would require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification during public-facing enforcement actions.

Official Senate statement showing Welch publicly backed legislation requiring visible ID for immigration enforcement officers and tied that position to opposition to ICE funding without reforms.

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Welch Announces Opposition to Funding ICE in Upcoming Government Appropriations Bill
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Welch said Vermont wanted no more ICE or Border Patrol funding unless reforms are made, and argued the Senate’s unanimous funding package excluding ICE delivered on that promise.

Official statement confirming Welch continued to press for ICE reforms in the same term, but it does not show enactment of the identification requirement itself.

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Welch Statement on Government Funding
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