MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Several videos posted to social media show ICE agents in Minnesota telling observers to stop recording.
https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-says-recording-agents-illegal-federal-judge-says-dhs-policy-unlawful-jan-2026
Some observers say they've been detained simply for filming.
A federal judge recently found DHS has adopted an unlawful policy that suppresses First Amendment rights.
A DHS bulletin issued last June identified the use of cameras, live-streaming interactions with officers, and video recording at protests as "unlawful civil unrest" tactics and "threats."
In an official statement last summer, a DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs said, "videotaping ICE law enforcement and posting photos and videos of them online is doxing our agents… [We] will prosecute those who illegally harass ICE agents to the fullest extent of the law."
But U.S. District Judge Hernan A. Vera ruled last week that DHS has in fact adopted a policy that appears to violate the Administrative Procedure Act.
"Plaintiffs have plausibly and sufficiently alleged a decision to adopt a policy with regards to how DHS treats the recording of its agents," Vera wrote.
In addition, every federal Circuit Court of Appeals that has addressed this issue has held that "there is a First Amendment right to record police activity in public," according to a 2017 ruling from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
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