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ICE’s 2025 recruitment push — backed by signing bonuses reported up to $45,000–$50,000 and other incentives — coincided with a sharp rise in applicants and advertised vacancies as DHS sought to hire a...
"Current funds" typically refers to the funding levels and authorities already in place for a fiscal period; a "continuing resolution" (CR) is a temporary law that extends those current funding levels...
ICE’s recruitment drive includes signing bonuses “up to $50,000” and other financial sweeteners aimed at hiring as many as 10,000 officers as part of a major expansion funded by recent legislation . A...
Since reporting in 2025 and early 2026, has authorized signing and retention incentive packages that advertise payments of for certain hires and for some former employees who return, and agency job po...
ICE publicly offered signing bonuses of up to $50,000 for certain agent and officer hires during 2025, including a targeted sign-on for returning officers and advertised “up to $50,000” for deportatio...
ICE’s hiring push in 2025–2026 uses Direct Hire Authority (DHA), online assessments, and AI-assisted resume screening to process an enormous applicant pool—DHS reported more than 200,000 applicants an...