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ICE recruitment drive 2024-2026

The unprecedented recruitment drive by ICE that yielded roughly 12,000 new officers and agents in less than a year.

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What was the racial and ethnic breakdown of ICE agents in ICE or DHS reports for 2024–2026?

Publicly available and reporting cited in the provided materials confirm a of ICE’s workforce—more than doubling from roughly 10,000 to over 22,000 officers and agents in under a year—but do not, in t...