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1. The training received by these "officers" is inadequate
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:54 PM
13 hrs ago

From the article cited in OP

There was growing unease among senior officials at ICE about traffic stops well before yesterday’s shooting. ICE has added nearly 8,000 new officers over the past nine months as part of a hiring spree, the goal of which is to more than double the size of the workforce. Many of the new hires were sent through a fast-track course that cut the amount of training time they spent at the academy to just 42 days, less than half of a standard course. Officials at DHS reversed themselves this spring and returned to the longer training regimen, amid backlash to the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis. But veteran ICE officials I’ve spoken with say that officers receive less training in vehicle stops than most police departments do, and the branch of ICE that handles detention and deportation, Enforcement and Removal Operations, lacks clear guidelines on the use of force involving vehicles.

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