ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds
ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds
ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds
Some new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had problems in their past.
Their backgrounds stand out. And not in a good way.
Two bankruptcies and six law enforcement jobs in three years. An allegation of lying in a police report to justify a felony charge against an innocent woman — an incident that led to a $75,000 settlement and criticism of his integrity. A third job candidate once failed to graduate from a police academy, then lasted only three weeks in his only job as a police officer.
Their common bond: All were hired recently by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during an unprecedented hiring spree — 12,000 new officers and special agents to double its force — after the agency received a $75 billion windfall from Congress to enact Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.