A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement instructor testified that the agency has scaled back its training, leaving recruits unprepared.

To meet demand for recruits for enforcement surges, ICE has stopped failing trainees on practical exams and shifted closed-book multiple-choice exams to open-book, according to Ryan Schwank, who taught at the agency’s academy in Georgia until he resigned earlier this month.

“ICE made the program shorter, and they removed so many essential parts that what remains is a dangerous husk,” Schwank told a congressional hearing Monday organized by Democrats...

Schwank told Congress that ICE recruits who made glaring mistakes in their final training exercises were still allowed to graduate, including trainees who accidentally drew their firearms on each other, pulled guns on detainees without justification, and pepper-sprayed bystanders without cause during simulated exercises.

“No matter how badly a cadet does at those practical exams, no matter how many mistakes they make, no matter how egregiously they violate the law during a practical, we graduate them,” Schwank said.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/former-instructor-calls-ice-officer-training-a-dangerous-husk-b864000a?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Why is this not surprising?

We end up with thugs that make our streets more dangerous. "protecting the homeland?". LOL

It seems very likely based on the way these goons have been behaving out in the street. From what I hear an 18 year old can apply with no military or law enforcement background, and will receive as little as 6 weeks of training, and then be given high caliber weapons to go out and patrol the streets, with a very aggressive and hostile administration backing them up. And in addition to that they're likely promised absolute immunity from prosecution, so what could possibly go wrong?

ICE. The new form of domestic terrorism, sponsored by the War president.

A sandwich on the face of every officer who misbehaves! Since that's the only prosecution it looks like they're going to see, let's hope there's an awful lot of mustard in that sandwich!

There’s going to be some reckoning to be done when the masks come off.

9 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

There’s going to be some reckoning to be done when the masks come off.

You get a little chubby thinking about that?

I'm quite sure there will be a correlation in the comments here, between those who are desperate to conclude ICE is being insufficiently trained and those who are just fine with DEI and all the compromised (in)competence that entails.

Leftism... what a ridiculous concept.

5 minutes ago, tai4de2 said:

I'm quite sure there will be a correlation in the comments here, between those who are desperate to conclude ICE is being insufficiently trained and those who are just fine with DEI and all the compromised (in)competence that entails.

Leftism... what a ridiculous concept.

If ICE had more training, would you support mass deportations?

Just now, Yellowtail said:

If ICE had more training, would you support mass deportations?

I am an ardent supporter of mass deportations. Removal of all illegals from the USA is a great aspirational goal, and I fully support ICE's role in it.

10 minutes ago, tai4de2 said:

I'm quite sure there will be a correlation in the comments here, between those who are desperate to conclude ICE is being insufficiently trained and those who are just fine with DEI and all the compromised (in)competence that entails.

Leftism... what a ridiculous concept.

As with those who think those not for duty are being given a pass?

20 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

As with those who think those not for duty are being given a pass?

Did you mean not fit for duty?

I think people not fit for duty should be terminated.

52 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

If ICE had more training, would you support mass deportations?

Deportations of who/whom?

It seems to be somewhat random at present!

36 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Did you mean not fit for duty?

I think people not fit for duty should be terminated.

So should TRUMP be "terminated" for not being fit for war service in Vietnam?

11 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Deportations of who/whom?

Illegal aliens.

11 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

It seems to be somewhat random at present!

It is not. Please support links to support your made-up nonsense.

Just now, Yellowtail said:

Illegal aliens.

It is not. Please support links to support your made-up nonsense.

Read any report WRT to ICE's illegal indiscriminate actions!

Just now, scottiejohn said:

Read any report WRT to ICE's illegal indiscriminate actions!

You made a false claim, per the rules, you need to post links to support it!

Nothing but made-up nonsense from you, once again proving you have nothing!

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3 hours ago, Real Name Hidden said:

We end up with thugs that make our streets more dangerous. "protecting the homeland?". LOL

Based on that comment, I am guessing you would fail most exams, even if they were open book.

Maybe they are cutting corners on training, but that doesn't mean the role of ICE is a complete sham.

2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

You get a little chubby thinking about that?

Police on a call in my hometown this week.......fully masked barely identifiable. Probably 5 or 6 of them all dressed similar.

29 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Police on a call in my hometown this week.......fully masked barely identifiable. Probably 5 or 6 of them all dressed similar.

Probably because of doxxing from a certain crowd (no, it's not the MAGA crowd doing that). Followed by harassing officers family.

14 minutes ago, CHdiver said:

Probably because of doxxing from a certain crowd (no, it's not the MAGA crowd doing that). Followed by harassing officers family.

They have been dressing like this for years though. Many police around the world have slowly been transitioning to this look. I live in Canada.

Its not just ICE.