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ICE 2025 Hiring Surge Review

Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 2025 hiring surge and related training practices

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Jan 14, 2026
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DHS has employed IDF agents or professionals with previous ties to the IDF to train ICE agents

The available reporting does not provide evidence that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired active Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel to train U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemen...

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 18, 2026

What did the DHS inspector general conclude about ICE training and hiring practices in 2025–2026?

The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) opened an active review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) accelerated hiring and training efforts amid a record recruitment surge in 2025, b...

Jan 8, 2026

What oversight reviews or GAO reports examined ICE’s 2025 hiring and training practices?

House Homeland Security Committee Democrats formally asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) 2025 hiring surge and related training pract...