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Pedro Camacho

ICE Accounts for 50,000 New Federal Hires Amid Wider Government Downsizing

ICE agents stand guard as they are confronted by residents after making a stop while driving in a caravan through the Brighton Park neighborhood on November 06, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois (Credit: Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Image)

The U.S. government has added 50,000 employees since President Donald Trump took office, with most of the new hires concentrated at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to federal personnel chief Scott Kupor.

The expansion comes as the administration simultaneously moves to shrink the broader federal workforce by hundreds of thousands of positions.

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