Overview
- Raw Story reports that a deadly Minneapolis shooting by a federal immigration officer came weeks after a Daily Mail probe into ICE’s accelerated recruitment.
- The administration aimed to add 10,000 deportation officers by the end of 2025 using signing bonuses up to $50,000, according to the coverage.
- Daily Mail reporting cited DHS insiders who said recruits were sent to a Georgia training center before drug test results, with some later testing positive.
- Training was reportedly shortened from 16 weeks to six as some fitness requirements were dropped, while instructors described recruits failing open-book tests and lacking basic literacy.
- Accounts also described recruits with extremist-linked tattoos or pending charges and harassment allegations during training, with December tallies showing 584 washouts, 558 graduates and 620 still in training; ICE has said the surge is proceeding while maintaining standards.