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ICE Accelerates Hiring With Over 1,000 Job Offers in Bid to Add 10,000 Agents

Backed by a $170 billion DHS funding package signed by President Trump, the campaign aims to rebuild enforcement ranks ahead of a million-deportation goal

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A deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts a brief before an early morning operation, Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York.
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Overview

  • ICE has issued tentative job offers to more than 1,000 candidates since July 4 as part of its drive to recruit 10,000 new deportation, legal and investigative officers
  • Incentives include up to $50,000 signing bonuses, student loan repayment options and enhanced retirement benefits, with outreach focused on former law enforcement and military personnel
  • Enforcement arrests have reached 149,084 since January, averaging over 700 per day, with Texas accounting for 23.2% of detentions and Florida and California following
  • Local sheriffs and the National Sheriff’s Association say ICE recruitment emails are poaching deputies from understaffed departments and straining interagency cooperation
  • The hiring push is funded by a $170 billion DHS package passed in late July to support President Trump’s goal of deporting one million unauthorized migrants in 2025