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Language Training Cuts

ICE removed Spanish-language proficiency requirement, shortening the program by about five weeks.

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Jan 27, 2026

How have DHS and ICE explained the operational rationale for removing the five‑week Spanish training requirement?

and have defended removing the five‑week in‑person Spanish course by framing it as an operational tradeoff: replacing classroom language instruction with expanded while accelerating recruitment to mee...

Jan 16, 2026

What specific training curricula or performance metrics did ICE alter when shortening recruit classes, and how were those changes evaluated internally?

The shortened recruit classes at ICE appear to have involved both reductions in total seat-time and the removal or abbreviation of specific curricular components — notably language training and in-per...