ICE Reduced Basic Training by 40%, Dropped Driving Tests And Cut Firearms Hours During Hiring Surge: Report

Source: International Business Times

ICE agent monitors asylum seekers Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reduced its basic training program to 42 days last year, eliminated driving tests and cut firearms instruction as it accelerated hiring to expand deportation operations, according to internal records obtained by The Washington Post. The documents show ICE removed about 240 hours of instruction — more than 40% of the program — as the Trump administration pushed to double the number of officers in the field to 20,000. The training academy, previously 72 days long, was shortened to 47 days in August and further reduced to 42 days in September, records reveal.