ICE says it has enough body cameras now, after series of deadly shootings

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it now has enough body cameras to equip all its officers and agents.

The update comes after years of immigration officials telling lawmakers and advocates that they did not have enough devices for a body-worn camera program to be implemented agency-wide.

"Training required to equip individual officers remains ongoing and we expect to complete this training soon," an unnamed spokesperson told NPR in a statement.

Cameras could help alleviate some concerns about ICE transparency and accountability after federal immigration officers were involved in over two dozen shootings under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Immigration DHS pledged body cams for all immigration agents. Months later, that hasn't happened Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he predicts that by the end of September every officer in the field will have a body-worn camera.