US EditionICE whistleblower accuses agency of ‘deficient, defective and broken’ training amid hiring surge
Internal documents reveal ICE cut nearly 250 training hours and eliminated 16 practical exams for new deportation officers amid plans to hire over 4,000 this fiscal year.
- On Feb. 23, Ryan Schwank, former ICE attorney and instructor who resigned Feb. 13, said `I am duty bound to tell you the ICE Basic Immigration Enforcement Training Program is now deficient, defective, and broken`.
- ICE's internal schedules reveal that, following a hiring surge, training days dropped from 72 to 42, and whole courses were eliminated, as shown in documents from July 2025 and this month.
- Documents show that ICE eliminated over a dozen practical exams, replaced them with open-book tests, and cut 240 hours from a 584-hour program, Lyons said.
- DHS said Feb. 23 that no training requirements have been removed and ICE recruits receive 56 days of academy training plus about 28 days on average of on-the-job training.
- Amid growing scrutiny, ICE arrest records show 60% had criminal charges or convictions, about 40% did not, and less than 14% had violent criminal records, Schwank warned.
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A former U.S. immigration police instructor warns about gaps and shortcomings in the officer training program, fearing constitutional violations
Former ICE Lawyer: Training for Agents Cut to 'Dangerous' Level
A former US Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned Monday that the agency's training program for new recruits is "deficient, defective, and broken." Ryan Schwank's comments during a forum held by congressional Democrats come at a time of intense scrutiny of the...
The training program for U.S. immigration police officers (ICE) is "inadequate, defective and dysfunctional," a former official believes.
According to the former trainer, the training program of the U.S. immigration agency was massively reduced.
He warns against sending poorly trained recruits to the field, able to ignore their constitutional duties and the limits of their authority. ...
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