Trump RED-FACED as ICE Faces Hiring DISASTER of Their OWN MAKING!!!

Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian examine reports that ICE’s hiring surge, funded by roughly $75 billion from Congress, is producing firings and fast exits tied to weak vetting. According to a USA Today analysis of Office of Personnel Management data, ICE hired nearly 12,000 full-time employees between January 2025 and June 2026, more than in the previous decade combined, but more than 2,900 left in the first half of 2026, a record, and workers fired in 2026 had a median tenure under four months. Firings went from under 1% of separations in 2024 to 18% in 2026. Reuters reported that at least five trainees were fired after outstanding arrest warrants surfaced, and an AP investigation found some applicants with questionable histories were not fully vetted or were hired despite them. DHS says its vetting is rigorous and that some applicants received tentative selection letters before background checks finished. The Washington Post reported that ICE cut about 240 hours, over 40% of basic training, in 2025, which the hosts describe as shrinking a 10-week course to six. DHS disputes that training was reduced overall, and Secretary Markwayne Mullin has said training will rise to about 72 days. The hosts also cite $50,000 signing bonuses and stress their frustration is with the agency, not the officers, many of whom were set up to fail. They explain that when under-trained officers cause harm, the liability ultimately falls on taxpayers, and compare the process to a law firm that never checks whether a hire is licensed, recalling the Katie Zacharia episode. Brian predicts the hiring will not stop, and that a Democratic-controlled Congress can only tighten the purse strings because the money is already appropriated. Brian’s bottom line: an agency handing out badges and guns without checking who it hires is manufacturing legal liability the public will pay for.

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