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Lessons from past Border Patrol expansions showing bottlenecks in vetting and training capacity
The precise number of ICE agents who identify as Black is not published in a single, up‑to‑date official table, but contemporary reporting and academic estimates place Black representation in ICE in t...
Recent reporting and academic work indicate that Hispanics/Latinos make up roughly a quarter to nearly a third of ’s enforcement workforce, with commonly cited figures clustered around 24–30 percent d...
Since 2021 there is no evidence of a large net increase in Border Patrol agents; federal reporting shows Border Patrol onboard levels fell through FY2024 and remained below the 22,000 authorized level...
The 2025–26 ICE hiring surge more than doubled the agency’s workforce to roughly 22,000, putting thousands of newly sworn officers into field operations almost immediately . That expansion has already...
ICE’s baseline law-enforcement training programs generally span weeks to months and are delivered at Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) or ICE-run academies, with division-specific cours...