ICE Launches Recruitment Drive for 10,000 New Agents Amidst Controversy
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The US is rapidly expanding its immigration enforcement agencies under Trump, aiming to hire 13,000 new officers with incentives and relaxed standards, raising concerns about increased misconduct, abuse, and systemic problems within ICE and CBP, including potential infiltration by extremists and erosion of accountability.
- ‘Trump’s private army’: inside the push to recruit 10,000 immigration officers The Guardian
- At an ICE career expo, thousands line up to ‘defend the homeland’ The Washington Post
- Who Wants to Work for ICE? They Do. The Atlantic
- Trump freezes most training for non-ICE federal law enforcement Government Executive
- ICE is hiring 10,000 agents. Some unexpected people want to join the Trump crackdown Los Angeles Times
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