Previous rapid expansions of immigration enforcement produced severe abuses, including agents joining cartels, a kidnapping and rape of three detainees, and off-duty murders. The Department of Homeland Security plans substantial hiring funded by $170bn for immigration and border enforcement, aiming to add 10,000 ICE officers and 3,000 CBP agents. Recruitment incentives include up to $50,000 signing bonuses and $60,000 student loan repayment, an expanded lower age limit to 18, and shortened training timelines. Aggressive arrest targets and social media campaigns intensify concerns that systemic accountability failures, corruption, and a culture of impunity will produce increased misconduct and violence.
the DHS is seeking to hire 10,000 new Ice officers and 3,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents by the end of the year. In its desperate race to staff up and meet Trump deputy Stephen Miller's aggressive goal of 3,000 immigration-related arrests a day, the DHS is now advertising substantial incentives for Ice recruits. That includes a signing bonus of up to $50,000 and as much as $60,000 in student loan repayment.
Some border agents recruited in the 2000s turned out to be cartel members. One kidnapped and raped three women in his custody. Two others were convicted of off-duty murders. Now, as Donald Trump vows to build the largest deportation operation in history and kicks off a massive recruitment spree, human rights advocates and former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials are warning that misconduct and violence by officers could increase as a result.
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