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Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:01 PM Yesterday

Trump's militarized federal agents at DHS are literally a gang of criminals

ICE Barbie’s DHS Trained Criminals to Be Agents

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has allowed some recruits who haven’t been fully vetted into its training program as it tries to boost hires.

The Department of Homeland Security outfit later found out that recruits in training had either failed drug tests, had criminal histories preventing them from joining, or didn’t meet physical fitness or academic criteria, one current and two former DHS officials told NBC News.

One recruit at the ICE training facility in Brunswick, Georgia, the current DHS official said, had been charged with strong-arm robbery and battery over a domestic violence incident.

“There is absolutely concern that some people are slipping through the cracks,” the current DHS official told NBC News, explaining that recruits themselves have been the ones to admit that they didn’t go through fingerprinting or drug testing. “What about the ones who don’t admit it?” the official questioned.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ice-barbie-s-dhs-trained-criminals-to-be-agents/ar-AA1P12pJ


Reacting to a NBC News report that the rush to put more masked ICE agents on the streets is resulting in a flood of applicants who have violent histories and possible criminal backgrounds, the panel on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” warned chaos on U.S. cities is about to take a turn for the worse.

As co-host Mike Brzezinski reported, “ICE officials later discovered that some recruits had criminal backgrounds, failed drug tests, or did not meet physical or academic standards. What's more, some recruits had not submitted fingerprints for background checks, which is a violation of ICE hiring policy. In fact, one recruit had prior charges for strong-armed robbery and battery related to domestic violence.”

“Additionally, nearly half of recruits failed the written exam, even with access to notes and textbooks,” she continued. “All of this as ICE has shortened its training program from 13 weeks to six weeks to accelerate the on-boarding process. ICE’s HR office is reportedly overwhelmed by more than 150,000 applicants, spurred by a $50,000 signing bonus."

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/ice-scorched-over-recruitment-chaos/ar-AA1P2ur7
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Trump's militarized federal agents at DHS are literally a gang of criminals (Original Post) bigtree Yesterday OP
There should be a body check. They probably Baitball Blogger Yesterday #1
The first draft were Jan 6ers and proud boys. 1WorldHope Yesterday #2
Trump is running a crime syndicate. Of course he hires only criminals. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3

1WorldHope

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2. The first draft were Jan 6ers and proud boys.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:29 PM
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What did anyone expect out of these recruits?

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