ICE Eliminates Accelerated Training: Thousands of Agents Operate with Insufficient Training

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will eliminate the six- to eight-week accelerated training program it used to quickly deploy thousands of new Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) agents.The change, confirmed by Politico, arises from informal agreements between the bordering czar Tom Homan, the director of ICE Todd Lyons and lawmakers during the DHS financing negotiations.In parallel, agency veterans will be sent to the field c…