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How to Film ICE

Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner, Andy Greenberg

created: Jan. 31, 2026, 10:30 a.m. | updated: Feb. 3, 2026, 12:56 a.m.

Renee Nicole Good was acting as a legal observer while her wife recorded the federal immigration agents they encountered. Yet as dangerous as the mere act of observation became for these victims of ICE and Border Patrol's violence, video is also what documented their murders and is now holding federal agents accountable. “Alex Pretti was killed in part because he was filming ICE, which is an absolute travesty. In July, Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem called documenting federal agents “violence,” claiming: “It is doxing them. Beyond widespread surveillance, ICE or Border Patrol access to your phone could pose direct digital surveillance risks, either while you’re on the scene or at a later date if you’re detained and they take your device to extract data.

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