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Capitol Hill and oversight letters raised questions about accelerated vetting and training standards during the blitz—allegations that background checks or standard vetting may have been truncated—which affects confidence in any demographic inference drawn from hiring speed alone because shortcuts could alter the composition in unpredictable ways and reporting documents those oversight requests without demographic detail.
A sweeping at accelerated hiring dramatically by combining large signing bonuses, the removal of age caps, and expanded use of direct‑hire authority—moves that helped ICE onboard roughly 10,000–12,000...
The 2025 ICE hiring surge added roughly 12,000 officers and agents, growing the agency from about 10,000 to more than 22,000 employees—a roughly 120% increase concentrated over several months in late ...