ICE Plans 5,000 Hires by Year-End for Trump Deportation Drive
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 29
ICE Plans 5,000 Hires by Year-End for Trump Deportation Drive
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 29
Summary
5,000 new employees are being targeted by year-end, with most expected to be deportation officers handling arrests and case management in ICE’s expanded enforcement push.
The hiring would lift ICE staffing about 17% and builds on an earlier increase of roughly 8,000 employees, bringing the agency to 29,000 workers as of July.
More than $100 billion in new congressional funding has fueled the broader deportation campaign, while agents have faced seven-day work schedules and offices have shifted more staff into immigration enforcement.
Hundreds of recruits from last year’s rapid hiring wave were later removed after criticism over weak initial vetting, and ICE now says it will apply stricter checks even as doubts remain about screening another surge.