US EditionDHS: ICE recruitment campaigns doubled agency size with 12,000 hires in under a year
ICE expanded its workforce from 10,000 to 22,000 in under a year with a $76.5 billion funding boost and incentives including $50,000 signing bonuses, officials said.
- On Jan. 3, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it hired more than 7,000 officers and agents, doubling its workforce from 10,000 to 22,000 and surpassing its original goal, as reported Thursday.
- Following congressional funding, ICE accelerated recruitment with a $30 billion Republican spending package and a $76.5 billion funding boost over five years, enabled by President Trump signing the bill.
- Offering incentives including signing bonuses up to $12,000 and loan forgiveness, ICE credited data-driven outreach for over 220,000 applications.
- Those deployments have prompted political backlash and oversight demands after thousands of newly hired personnel joined enforcement operations, including arrests, investigations and removals, following Renee Nicole Good's fatal shooting by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
- Since Jan. 20 the Office of Personnel Management federal workforce database shows a net growth of 5,368, while ICE claims over 12,000 hires, and officials warn hiring may accelerate.
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Cities across the country have seen an increase in the presence of Immigration and Customs Control (ICE) officers.This happens as the Trump Administration intensifys its efforts to recruit more people for the role and the Department of Homeland Security points out that it exceeded its recruitment target by 2025.More than 12,000 new ICE agents and officers joined the entity in 2025, according to the DHS. This is twice as many at the same time the…
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Telemundo Orlando (31)Cities across the country have seen an increase in the presence of Immigration and Customs Control (ICE) officers. This happens as President Donald Trump’s government intensifys its efforts to recruit more people for the role and the Department of Homeland Security points out that it exceeded its recruitment target by 2025. More than 12,000 new ICE agents and officers joined the entity in 2025, according to the DHS. This is twice as many at the …
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Cities across the country have seen an increase in the presence of Immigration and Customs Control (ICE) officers. This happens as President Donald Trump’s government intensifys its efforts to recruit more people for the role and the Department of Homeland Security points out that it exceeded its recruitment target by 2025. More than 12,000 new ICE agents and officers joined the entity in 2025, according to the DHS. This is twice as many at the …
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