Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Call for body-worn cameras to be used by all ICE agents.. Promised outcome: Every ICE agent has a body-worn camera in active use.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Thompson stated this as part of an accountability and reform agenda after ICE use-of-force incidents.
Occurrences
Body-worn cameras must be in active use on every ICE agent.
Thompson called for every ICE agent to actively use body-worn cameras.
unverified · Source version 80266 · locator unknown
“Training required to equip individual officers remains ongoing and we expect to complete this training soon.”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, DHS said ICE had acquired devices for officers and agents nationwide, but training was still ongoing after the end-of-September target, so universal active use had not been shown.
unverified · Source version 80268 · locator unknown
“No ICE agents involved in that shooting were wearing body cameras.”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A lookback-window report described recent ICE shooting scrutiny and reported that no ICE agents involved in a Houston fatal shooting had body cameras, showing the policy was not yet universal in field use.
unverified · Source version 80270 · locator unknown
“Approximately 3,000, sir.” “Out of approximately 13,000, sir.”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): At a House Homeland Security hearing, Thompson questioned ICE leadership on body cameras; Acting Director Todd Lyons testified that only about 3,000 of roughly 13,000 ICE field agents had cameras.
unverified · Source version 80272 · locator unknown
“Until such time BWCs have been issued enterprise-wide, this Directive applies only to ICE personnel in Areas of Responsibility (AORs)”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): ICE’s own body-worn-camera directive limited coverage until enterprise-wide issuance and made implementation dependent on resources, supporting that active use by every ICE agent was not yet established.
unresolvedunknown
19010.3.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%
unverified · Source version 80274 · locator unknown
“Body cameras worn by immigration enforcement staff shall be turned on at the beginning of the shift” “All agents and officers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pending federal bill text would require ICE agents and officers to wear body cameras and keep them on during shifts, but the bill text is an attempt rather than enacted delivery.
unverified · Source version 80276 · locator unknown
“plan for implementing—within one year—the use of body-worn cameras by its agents and officers”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Thompson stated that his H.R. 2 amendment sought a CBP and ICE plan for body-worn cameras for agents and officers engaged in border security or immigration enforcement, documenting advocacy but not enactment or universal active use.