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The aggressive recruitment campaign to rapidly expand ICE ranks.
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 ...
Ice’s hiring exploded in 2025–2026: the agency says it onboarded roughly 12,000 new officers and agents within a year, surpassing an original 10,000 target and roughly doubling portions of its workfor...
Department of Homeland Security and ICE require formal background investigations, suitability determinations, and—where applicable—eligibility for a Secret clearance; hiring materials show criminal hi...