ICE hiring collapses despite 10,000 agent expansion ordertimeline_event

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2017-01-01 · 1 min read · Edit on Pyrite

type: timeline_event Despite Trump's executive order 5 days after inauguration calling for 10,000 additional ICE officers, hiring collapsed 50% to just 371 deportation officers total in 2017. Congress denied specific funding for hiring expansion, providing only $15.7M for 65 agents instead of requested $186M for 1,000 officers.