US EditionBorder Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth
UNITED STATES, JUL 17 – ICE plans to hire 10,000 agents over five years despite historically low border crossings, supported by a $76.5 billion budget increase signed July 4, 2025.
- On July 4, the Trump administration approved $76.5 billion for ICE, plans to add 10,000 employees within five years, and White House says ICE will grow from 20,000 to about 30,000.
- Drawing on past expansion challenges, officials in 2006, Michael Fisher said, adding T.J. Bonner warned `such rapid growth never turns out well`.
- Budget specifics reveal $170 billion for enforcement, with $4.1 billion for CBP hiring of 3,000 Border Patrol agents, while Todd Lyons said, `unprecedented funding for ICE`.
- Critics warned that policy targeting anyone in the country illegally could lead to abuses, while Stephen Miller had set a target of at least 3,000 arrests a day, highlighting enforcement risks.
- Amid tight recruitment competition, Chuck Wexler warned staffing challenges, citing signing bonuses of $10,000 to $100,000, as agencies aim to expand rapidly.
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Trump wants to hire 10,000 new ICE agents. Is that goal doable?
President Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 Border Patrol agents. The Department of Homeland Security says it's already making progress on new hires, but experts and the history of past hiring sprees suggest reaching that goal will be difficult.
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Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 10,000 employees over five years, echoing a Border Patrol expansion in the 2000s.
McALLEN- In 2006, senior officials of the U.S. Border Patrol were asked how long it would take to hire 6,000 agents, an increase of about 50% at that time. Michael Fisher, then deputy director in San Diego, says officials concluded that they would need five years.”You have two and a half years (to do so),” he remembers being told Fisher.
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