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ICE hiring and training standards

The impact of ICE hiring surges and training standards on use-of-force incidents.

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Jan 26, 2026
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How have hiring and vetting standards at ICE changed since 2024 and what impact did that have on field incidents?

executed an unprecedented recruitment blitz that more than doubled its frontline ranks—over 12,000 hires in under a year—accompanied by shortened academies, expanded eligibility and fast-tracked onboa...

Jan 10, 2026

What oversight mechanisms exist for investigating ICE use-of-force incidents and how have they performed in recent high-profile cases?

Oversight of ICE use-of-force rests on a layered but fragmented set of mechanisms: federal criminal probes led by the FBI and Department of Justice, internal DHS/ICE reviews and the DHS Office of Insp...