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The recruitment policies and incentives of ICE, and their impact on the hiring process.
No — agents are paid as federal employees on salary scales, not on commission; the agency has offered hiring incentives, bonuses and overtime, and it reimburses partner law‑enforcement agencies for pe...
Retention and signing bonuses for immigration enforcement have recently ballooned: Customs and Border Protection (CBP)/Border Patrol is publicly offering packages up to $60,000 for new hires and up to...
Federal recruitment and relocation incentives paid to ICE hires are governed by the broader federal “3Rs” authorities—recruitment, relocation and retention incentives—administered under 5 U.S.C. and O...
ICE’s official vetting timeline for field background investigations is typically 45–60 days, but individual cases can take longer; reporting shows recruits are sometimes admitted to training before ve...