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Image from ICE recruitment website showing recruits training.

Everyone Graduates ICE Killing Academy

Normal law enforcement academies remove more recruits than quit. At ICE, the pattern is inverted—74% quit, only 26% are dismissed. Academy attrition collapsed from 12.2% to 4.2%. Two out of three recruits who would have washed out are now put in the field. Part 2 of 3.
Eric Hensal 29 Jan 2026
Federal immigration officers chemical spraying protestors.

ICE is Built to Kill

The Trump administration claims 85% of ICE's surge hires are "experienced law enforcement officers." OPM payroll data tells a different story: two-thirds have no discernible law enforcement background.
Eric Hensal 28 Jan 2026

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