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Seven Democratic Senators and independent allies introduced a bill that would expand the authority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), allowing the agency to obtain judicial warrants to arrest immigrants who entered the country illegally and were charged with violent crimes. The bill comes as Democrats increase tough-on-immigration rhetoric amid a GOP focus on…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel in five cities will now wear body cameras to record their actions.  The initial deployment of 1,600 body-worn cameras is spread between two of the agency’s arms, Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations, according to ICE Director Patrick J. Lechleitner’s statement on Wednesday.  ICE is requiring…