White House border czar Tom Homan said on Sunday,  I think body cameras are the way to go,  after fatal shootings by federal officers in Texas and Maine earlier this month.

 I think body cameras let the American people know what that officer sees when he takes that action,  Homan said on  Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. 

On July 7, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Mexican national in Houston who had lived in the U.S. for decades. Days later, an ICE officer shot and killed a Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine. In both cases, the immigration personnel involved in the shootings were not wearing body cameras.

Homan said Sunday that  you can have a cellphone camera from a witness on the side, you can have, you know, city cameras or whatever. But I want the American people to see what that officer sees when he makes the decision and takes an action. 

 I think the American people need to see what that officer sees and hears,  Homan added.  I think it's important. 

Homan has previously advocated for body cameras. And last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced that every Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest team will have at least one officer equipped with a camera going forward. DHS said shortly after the Houston shooting that body cameras had been deployed to more than half of ICE's field offices, with the remaining offices set to receive them within 60 days.

The body cameras issue was part of negotiations between Senate Democrats and Republicans during a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year. At the time, Democrats refused to fund the department as they sought reforms to the administration's immigration enforcement operation following two deadly shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis in January.

During the negotiations over immigration enforcement, the Trump administration signaled openness to expanding the use of body cameras. But negotiations ultimately fell apart. Democrats eventually opted to approve funding for the rest of the department in April, which included $20 million for body cameras, wh

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