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ICE Hiring Surge 2024-2026

The rapid expansion of ICE's workforce during a 2024-2026 hiring surge, resulting in the need for compressed training pipelines.

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Jan 15, 2026
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How has ICE’s Direct Hire Authority changed hiring numbers and candidate pools since 2023?

ICE’s use of direct-hire authority (DHA) has coincided with an aggressive recruitment surge that federal and DHS statements say produced roughly 12,000 hires and more than doubled the agency’s workfor...

Jan 28, 2026
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What specific training elements were shortened or removed from ICE academy curricula during the 2024–2026 recruitment surge?

Reporting shows compressed large parts of its basic training pipeline during a , with multiple outlets documenting a roughly halved academy schedule and the explicit —while other claims (for example, ...