All ICE agents in the field expected to have body cameras by the end of September, Mullin says

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

(CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the field are expected to have body cameras by the end of September, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said at a press conference in New York on Tuesday.

Asked by CNN whether the administration was still on track to distribute body cameras to the field, Mullin said: “We’re getting close. By the end of September, I’m pretty sure we will be there.”

“There’s also options we have. We have the permanent cameras that we’re trying to put on there,” he added.

The use of body cameras has largely garnered bipartisan agreement, particularly amid aggressive and sometimes deadly confrontations between federal agents and members of the public over the past year.

White House border czar Tom Homan has repeatedly said he supports agents having body cameras. “I’m a big proponent of cameras. I want the American people to see what the officer sees when he makes a decision,” Homan said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

Motorola is working with DHS on the mics that agents use, according to Mullin. “Some of the technology with some of the mics that all of these guys already wear, already have on them, have the ability for cameras too.”

Mullin is meeting with the Motorola CEO this week as part of those discussions: “We’re talking about how we can activate those faster too.”

ICE previously told CNN in a statement that the agency had acquired devices to equip ICE officers and agents with body cameras, adding: “Training required to equip individual officers remains ongoing and we expect to complete this training soon.”

ICE had also previously said it expected all field officers to have body cameras by the end of August.

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CNN’s Jeff Winter contributed to this report.