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ICE recruitment and training

The recruitment and training processes of ICE, including concerns about trimmed or accelerated training and looser eligibility standards.

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Jan 12, 2026
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What educational degrees and majors qualify for ICE special agent positions?

A bachelor’s degree is the baseline qualification for most ICE special agent (HSI Criminal Investigator) hiring paths, with preference for majors tied to criminal justice, law, finance, cyber, intelli...

Jan 12, 2026
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What legal protections exist for individuals targeted by ICE?

Federal and constitutional safeguards give people a set of actionable protections when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targets them: protections against unreasonable searches and seizur...

Jan 12, 2026
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How has ICE’s hiring surge since 2025 affected misconduct investigations and Office of Professional Responsibility caseloads?

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...

Jan 8, 2026

What oversight mechanisms exist in Congress or DHS to audit ICE training quality and outcomes?

Congressional committees, individual senators, and DHS internal offices each have tools to review ICE training and outcomes—ranging from hearings, document requests and facility visits to statutory in...

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