I also wonder how many of those recruited are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers etc.

[Fla Dem]

ICE Hiring Surge Triggers Capitol Hill Concerns Over Training Standards

Military.com | By Darius Radzius
Published January 06, 2026 at 9:36pm ET

A rapid hiring blitz that added about 12,000 officers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in less than a year is now drawing scrutiny on Capitol Hill as lawmakers question whether the agency lowered training standards to meet aggressive recruitment targets. ICE, under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced Jan. 3 that it expanded its workforce by roughly 120% after a nationwide recruitment campaign added more than 12,000 officers and agents—growing the agency from about 10,000 personnel to more than 22,000. ICE officials said much of that growth occurred in just about four months following an unprecedented hiring push that drew more than 220,000 applications nationwide.

DHS said the expansion is intended to help meet aggressive immigration enforcement goals, including carrying out 1 million deportations annually as thousands of newly hired officers deploy across the country to support arrests, investigations and removals.

Training Standards Under Fire
Oversight concerns escalated on Capitol Hill soon after ICE announced its hiring surge, with lawmakers focusing on whether speed came at the expense of standards. A senior aide on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee told Military.com that U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), the committee’s ranking member, is questioning how ICE vetted, trained and onboarded about 12,000 new front-line personnel in less than a year. Those officers are responsible for arrests, detention operations and removals—all roles that carry significant legal and public safety responsibilities.

“Senator Peters has serious concerns about how ICE was able to appropriately determine suitability, train and onboard 12,000 new front-line personnel in less than a year, especially given recruitment challenges the agency has faced in recent years,” the aide said. They added that ICE reduced training requirements to meet hiring targets though the agency has not been transparent about the criteria used to determine which recruits qualified for abbreviated training pipelines or how those changes were evaluated internally. “Our office requested a briefing on these changes months ago but still have not been briefed,” the aide said. “Given growing concerns about ICE personnel’s recent conduct and failures to meet prior professional standards, Senator Peters remains concerned this rapid hiring push could repeat past mistakes tied to lowered standards and inadequate preparation.”

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[cbabe]

1. Recruits can't read or write

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220922066

[Johonny]

2. All of them

These are the worst of the worst. Just crap human beings. Thats the only type willing to work for Trump.

[rampartd]

3. flynn fas been recruiting and training christian warriors for years.

i think there are plenty of them

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/michael-flynn-is-recruiting-an-army-of-god-in-growing-christian-nationalist-movement

[IzzaNuDay]

4. Probably some J6ers too!

the dregs of society…