(NewsNation) — Border Patrol agents will stop using body cameras in the field effective immediately, multiple sources have confirmed to NewsNation.
The move, according to sources, would extend to all operational activities and was purportedly prompted by a Reddit post that showed users a way to detect Border Patrol or ICE agents.
According to the post by user “rowingalt86” under r/immigration, agents could be seen by using BLE Radar by F-Droid. BLE Radar is a mobile application that analyzes Bluetooth low-energy devices, including smartphones, smartwatches, and speakers.
ICE continues to ramp up efforts to deport individuals illegally residing in the United States, accessing databases, including commercial databases, motor vehicle and driver’s records as well as utility records to locate “removable non-citizens,” according to ICE’s website.
According to NewsNation sources, President Donald Trump is unhappy with the number of arrests made by ICE.
A source with knowledge of the matter told NewsNation that the president recently remarked to aides “the numbers are too f—— low.”
