Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA whistleblower complaint from a senior ICE veteran claimed that President Donald Trump's fast-tracked recruitment process posed “grave national security risks” through unvetted candidate hires, according to the New York Times.Standards were drastically lowered to recruit roughly 12,000 agents, with background checks, fingerprinting, and polygraph tests bypassed or delayed before making job offers, he said.Academy training was reportedly reduced from 10 weeks to six, with another whistleblower alleging cadets were given unlawful orders to enter homes without warrants. Public scrutiny intensified after several fatal shootings involving new agents, including one whose ex-wives claimed ICE failed to vet his history of domestic violence. ICE has now scrapped the fast-track six-week training programme, reverting to 72 days of training alongside required follow-on courses for existing recruits. In fullICE hired hundreds of agents with little vetting, exposing US to ‘grave national security risks,’ whistleblower claimsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
ICE ‘hired unvetted candidates through fast-track recruitment process’
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA whistleblower complaint from a senior ICE veteran claimed that President Donald Trump's fast-tracked recruitment process posed “grave national security risks” through unvetted candidate hires, according to the New York Times.Standards were drastically lowered to recruit roughly 12,000 agents, with background checks, fingerprinting, and polygraph tests bypassed or delayed before making job offers, he said.Academy training was reportedly reduced from 10 weeks to six, with another whistleblower alleging cadets were given unlawful orders to enter homes without warrants. Public scrutiny intensified after several fatal shootings involving new agents, including one whose ex-wives claimed ICE failed to vet his history of domestic violence. ICE has now scrapped the fast-track six-week training programme, reverting to 72 days of training alongside required follow-on courses for existing recruits. In fullICE hired hundreds of agents with little vetting, exposing US to ‘grave national security risks,’ whistleblower claimsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
