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ICE training pipeline shortening

The shortening of the ICE training pipeline during the 2025 hiring surge.

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Jan 17, 2026
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Are ICE agents now only receiving 41 days of training?

No authoritative source in the reporting claims ICE agents currently receive exactly 41 days of training; instead, contemporaneous accounts describe multiple, role-specific training tracks that range ...

Jan 26, 2026
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How has ICE’s curriculum changed since the training was shortened, and which subjects were removed or condensed?

The training pipeline was compressed dramatically in 2025–26, moving from roughly five months for new Enforcement and Removal Operations () officers to an academy model measured in weeks—variously rep...