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The primary topic is about ICE training, including its curriculum, duration, and effectiveness, as well as debates over its sufficiency and fidelity.
ICE agents assigned to high-risk operations receive a mix of federal basic training and agency-specific tactical instruction: entry-level law-enforcement recruits attend programs at the Federal Law En...
ICE training emphasizes a mix of legal instruction, tactical skills and programmatic development administered through the agency’s Office of Training and Development and the Federal Law Enforcement Tr...
ICE does have formal, multi-week training programs for different classes of officers and agents—ranging from multi-month courses at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to agency-specif...
ICE hires receive foundational law‑enforcement instruction at FLETC through multi‑week programs—BIETP, CITP, HSISAT or combinations depending on role—which include written exams and physical assessmen...
ICE trains its officers on defensive tactics, firearms, and a range of intermediate or "less-lethal" weapons: agency doctrine, instructor certifications, and federal oversight explicitly require train...
ICE’s field training combines classroom instruction on immigration law and policy, tactical skills such as firearms and arrest procedures, language instruction, and modules on use-of-force and de‑esca...
ICE officers and special agents typically begin in one of two career tracks—Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) for deportation and custody work, or Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for cri...