Booker Wants to Prohibit Shortened Training for Immigration Agents

The Democratic senator plans to introduce new legislation in the wake of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good.

Sen. Cory Booker speaks at an event.

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Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is pushing new legislation that would rein in immigration officers’ use of force and up the standards for their training after an agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis last week.

The lawmaker plans to introduce bills that would require all federal law enforcement to use body cameras in immigration operations and create minimum training standards, as first reported by NOTUS on Thursday.

He is introducing the body camera bill this week, following Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross’ fatal shooting of Good, which the administration says was in self-defense.