US EditionInside the Facility Where ICE Is Training Recruits to Take on Trump's Deportation Goals
Congress allocated $76.5 billion, nearly 10 times ICE's previous budget, to hire 10,000 deportation officers by year-end, with training focused on legal and de-escalation skills.
- On Thursday, the Associated Press observed Immigration and Customs Enforcement 's Basic Immigration Law Enforcement Training Program, aiming to add 10,000 deportation officers by year-end.
- Following congressional approval this summer, $76.5 billion in new funding supports ICE's enforcement goals, with nearly $30 billion designated for new staff, prompting the agency's hiring surge.
- About 12 hours of classroom instruction covers the Fourth Amendment and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952; training also includes firearms practice and de-escalation techniques, with ICE removing five weeks of Spanish-language training due to moderate competence levels, Caleb Vitello said.
- Amid concerns about rapid hiring, Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE, rejected claims he would 'water down' training while acknowledging streamlining changes; a past Border Patrol hiring surge coincided with rising arrests for employee misconduct.
- ICE staff report that local law enforcement contacts ICE after stops when officers suspect undocumented individuals, and new recruits undergo about eight weeks of training at the Georgia facility.
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Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on President Donald Trump’s deportation goals
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — At an obstacle course in the humid Georgia heat, an instructor shows recruits how to pull a wounded partner out of danger. In a classroom with desks cluttered with thick legal books about immigration law, recruits learn about how the Fourth Amendment governs their work. And on a firing range littered with shell casings, new recruits for Immigration and Customs Enforcement practice shooting their handguns. “Instructors, give me a…
Inside Facility Where Recruits Are Trained To Take On Trump's Deportation Goals
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia, is the epicenter of training for almost all federal law enforcement officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who are at the center of Trump mass deportation.
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Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on Trump's deportation goals
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is ramping up its hiring efforts to support President Donald Trump's mass deportation goals.
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