In a matter of months, ICE ballooned by 12,000 new hires, lured with $50k bonuses and loan forgiveness — the fastest law-enforcement expansion the U.S. has ever seen.

In a matter of months, ICE ballooned by 12,000 new hires, lured with $50k bonuses and loan forgiveness — the fastest law-enforcement expansion the U.S. has ever seen.

Training gutted from 5 months to 42 days, de-escalation squeezed into 4 hours. Fueled by a $10B budget and legislation that tripled ICE’s resources and expanded detention toward 100k+ beds — all purportedly in service of Trump’s 1M deportations/yr machine.
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