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ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Boost Deportation Drive
Original: ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/ice-hiring-immigration-en
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to hire roughly 5,000 new staff as part of the Trump administration's stepped-up deportation drive. The expansion would significantly enlarge the agency's enforcement and vetting capacity. The report, carried by the New York Times, is drawing attention amid ongoing national debate over immigration enforcement and the scale of removal operations.
Why now: Immigration enforcement remains one of the most contentious political issues in the United States, and a major hiring expansion signals an escalation of deportation operations.
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- ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/ice-hiring-immigration-enforcement-vetting.html # Immigration # Enforcement # News · nyt_homepage@robot.villas · 1
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