What is the pass rate for ICE new agent training in 2025?

1. No single public pass-rate number — reporting confirms gaps, not a percentage

There is no clear, publicly reported national pass-rate figure for ICE’s 2025 new-agent training in the documents you provided; reporting focuses on specific problems (physical standards, academic tests, vetting) and cites phrases like a "high fail rate" without converting those observations into an agency-wide percent pass/fail statistic ^{[1] [2]}. Research.com and ICE career pages describe the multistep hiring and training pipeline, but they do not publish single-class or program-wide completion percentages in these excerpts ^{[3] [4]}.

2. What journalists and officials say: high failure on physical and academic standards

Axios reports ICE struggled to meet ambitious hiring goals and quotes White House border czar Tom Homan acknowledging a "high fail rate" on physical standards, and it also flags concerns about failures on immigration-law training and Fourth Amendment instruction — suggesting that recruits are failing both fitness and knowledge assessments during training ^[1]. The Mirror and other reporting compiled from internal ICE data indicate more than 200 recruits were dismissed during training for not meeting hiring requirements, with the majority failing physical or academic standards ^[2].

3. Internal data snapshots: hundreds dismissed, some for disqualifying conduct

Sources relying on internal ICE data show that over 200 recruits were dismissed during training cycles for not meeting standards, and "just under 10" were removed for criminal charges, failed drug tests, or safety concerns—details that underline substantive attrition but still stop short of an overall pass-rate calculation ^[2]. NBC reporting in related coverage (from later 2025) similarly documents recruits placed into training before vetting was complete and subsequent dismissals for failed drug tests or disqualifying backgrounds, but that reporting is outside the 2025 snapshot and still does not present a consolidated pass-rate figure ^[5].

4. Why a single pass-rate might be hard to pin down

ICE recruits pass through multiple checkpoints — application screening, fitness tests, background checks, drug tests, polygraphs in some cases, and weeks of classroom and field training at FLETC and ICE courses — and different outlets report failures at different points of that pipeline. That fragmentation means aggregated pass/fail figures are not routinely published in the pieces you provided ^{[3] [4]}. Officials also note that the agency accelerated hiring and "fast-tracked" some training during 2025, which complicates year‑to‑year comparisons and standardized reporting of completion rates ^[1].

5. Competing perspectives in the reporting

Reporting includes both the administration and ICE officials pushing rapid recruitment to meet policy goals and critics worried standards are slipping. Axios and Politico emphasize challenges and concerns that speed could undermine training quality; the Politico interview warns against cutting standards and suggests rapid expansion risks inadequate training ^{[1] [6]}. Conversely, DHS/ICE communications (recruitment pages and press statements) present a drive to expand hiring and remove age caps as policy choices to broaden applicant pools and accelerate staffing, but those promotional materials do not address aggregate pass/fail outcomes ^{[7] [8]}.

6. Limitations and what’s not in current reporting

Available sources do not publish an agency-wide 2025 pass-rate percentage for ICE new-agent training classes; they provide qualitative descriptions, selective internal data points (e.g., "more than 200 dismissed"), and quoted concerns about a "high fail rate" on physical standards ^{[1] [2]}. If you need a precise pass-rate number (e.g., X% completed vs. dropped), current reporting does not contain that statistic — you would need either ICE’s official training completion data or a data release obtained by journalists beyond the excerpts provided here (not found in current reporting).

7. What to ask next / where to look

To get a definitive pass rate: request ICE/FLETC official completion statistics for the specific 2025 training programs (ERO, HSI special agent training, etc.), or look for follow-up investigative reporting that publishes full class rosters and outcomes. Watch for official DHS/ICE briefings, Inspector General reports, or publicly released internal ICE data — those are the sources most likely to contain the precise percentages absent from the current reporting ^{[2] [6]}.