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Expansion of immigration-enforcement authorities and its impact on hiring needs
ICE undertook an unprecedented hiring surge in 2025–2026, adding roughly 12,000 officers and agents in under a year according to DHS and reporting, but public reporting and ICE statements included no ...
The label "ICE" covers two very different employers, and both have recent headcount movement: ) has surged its operational workforce in 2025 — from ~10,000 to ~22,000 through a reported 12,000 hires —...
’s direct‑hire authority (DHA) has shortened hiring timelines by allowing the agency to appoint candidates without , and that expedited path helped ICE claim roughly 12,000 hires in under a year amid ...