Overview

• Congress appropriated $29.9 billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill to expand domestic immigration enforcement, including staffing up 10,000 ERO officers routed through FLETC Glynco.
• ICE reports about 121,000 applications since mid-July after offering hiring bonuses up to $50,000, $60,000 in student loan repayment, removing the age cap and dropping the college-degree requirement.
• New officers complete two weeks of online coursework followed by an eight-week program focused on immigration law, firearms, driving and defensive tactics.
• To accelerate throughput, training leaders cut a five-week Spanish block in favor of translation tools and can run multiple daily shifts six to seven days per week.
• Acting Director Todd Lyons told reporters the agency expects to staff 10,000 officers by year-end, though officials have not given a firm schedule for finishing training and fielding all recruits.