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ICE Workforce Expansion 2025

The expansion of ICE's workforce since 2025, driven by a recruitment campaign, and its impact on interior immigration enforcement.

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Jan 9, 2026
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How many ICE agents are from racial or ethnic minority groups as of 2025?

There is no single, authoritative breakdown in the supplied reporting that states exactly how many ICE agents were racial or ethnic minorities in 2025; government pages that publish ICE statistics exi...

Jan 14, 2026
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How do ICE workforce demographics compare to other federal law enforcement agencies like CBP, FBI, and Border Patrol?

ICE’s workforce has expanded rapidly since 2025, with agency statements and reporting describing a roughly 120% manpower increase driven by a concentrated recruitment campaign, placing ICE’s headcount...

Jan 13, 2026

What have DHS inspector general reports found about ICE hiring and training since 2024?

Since 2024 the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has opened multiple reviews and publicly listed ongoing projects that include scrutiny of Immigration and Customs Enf...

Jan 10, 2026

How has ICE’s Direct Hire Authority been used since 2024 and what transparency exists about candidate selection under DHA?

Since mid‑2024 ICE has leaned on Office of Personnel Management–approved Direct Hire Authority (DHA) to accelerate recruitment for critical enforcement and technical roles, using DHA to make “several ...