Thom Tillis told Kristi Noem agents must be “corrected” for mistakes. Three months later he voted against ICE body cameras and for $70 billion in enforcement money.
- 3 MAR 2026≠ SAID
- 4–5 JUN 2026VOTED
≠ He said agents must be corrected for mistakes, then voted against body-camera and ombudsman amendments and for the funding bill
1 · ≠ SAID · 3 MAR 2026
“The fact that you can’t admit to a mistake, which looks like under investigation, is going to prove that Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti probably should not have been shot in the face and in the back. Law enforcement needs to learn from that.” … “We’ve got to make it clear when they make a mistake, then they get corrected for it.”
To Secretary Noem at a Senate Judiciary oversight hearing. Per DHS, an ICE officer shot Renee Good (7 Jan 2026) and Border Patrol agents shot Alex Pretti (24 Jan 2026) in Minneapolis. He called for Noem’s resignation; Trump replaced her two days later.
2 · VOTED · 4–5 JUN 2026
| Roll call 150 | Motion to waive, Booker amdt. 5803 (Immigration Detention Ombudsman): rejected 46–53. Tillis: NAY |
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| Roll call 157 | Padilla amdt. 5808 (transparency and accountability; ICE body cameras): rejected 46–53. Tillis: NAY |
| Roll call 163 | Passage of S. 2 (about $70B for ICE and CBP): passed 52–47. Tillis: YEA |
| Party line | All 53 Republicans voted no on 150 and 157 |
DID THEY EXPLAIN? NOT THAT WE FOUND
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HOW WE CHECKED THIS
Quotes were transcribed from the PBS NewsHour video (checked with two speech models) and cut at sentence boundaries. Roll calls 150, 157 and 163 were read on senate.gov on 21 Oct 2026. Spot an error? Tell us, and we’ll correct it in public.