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2024 DHS ICE Hiring Expansion

The rapid expansion of ICE hiring by DHS since 2024, including aggressive recruitment tactics and compressed training timetables, and the concerns raised by critics and lawmakers about the impact on vetting and preparedness.

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How have DHS recruitment policies and vetting standards for ICE changed since 2024, and what oversight exists for those changes?

Since 2024 DHS dramatically expanded ICE hiring—claiming roughly 12,000 new officers in under a year and a workforce above 22,000—which was paired with aggressive incentives and a compressed training ...