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2025-2026 ICE Hiring Surge

The 2025-2026 ICE hiring surge and its impact on training, vetting, and oversight

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Jan 12, 2026
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What oversight mechanisms exist to evaluate ICE training quality during rapid hiring surges?

Federal oversight of ICE training during the recent rapid hiring surge is multi‑layered in theory—Congressional committees, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Department of Homeland Secur...

Jan 10, 2026
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What oversight, training, and vetting changes accompanied ICE’s 2025–2026 hiring surge and what documents detail them?

The 2025–2026 ICE hiring surge—where the agency more than doubled its force by adding roughly 10,000–12,000 officers and agents—prompted a patchwork of adjustments and intense scrutiny: lawmakers and ...