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New ICE agent field training in 2025 combines the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s standardized eight-week curriculum — covering firearms, driving, de‑escalation and immigration law — with ne...
New ICE law‑enforcement hires receive a mix of classroom, tactical and firearms instruction at the ICE Academy operated inside the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, s...
ICE agents receive federally standardized basic courses at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and ICE-specific follow-on programs that emphasize immigration law, investigations and tactical s...
The Basic Immigration Enforcement Training Program (BIETP) is described by U.S. federal training officials as the entry‑level training delivered at the ICE Academy in Glynco, Georgia, and successful c...
deportation officers and special agents follow distinct training pipelines: and geared toward immigration enforcement and removal operations, while HSI candidates undergo a longer, investigative-orien...
ICE agents receive formal, job-specific physical training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and ICE Academy programs that combine pre-employment fitness tests, sustained condition...
recruits receive a mix of classroom, tactical and physical training at the , but the length and intensity of that preparation have changed recently and are disputed: official ICE materials and past ag...
The publicly reported ICE training materials obtained and reviewed by investigative outlets emphasize tactics and decisive use of force while containing little on structured de‑escalation, but the age...
The three FLETC-linked courses serve different roles: CITP provides the foundational, interagency criminal‑investigative baseline; HSISAT layers ICE‑specific investigative, tactical and agency policy ...