US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has scrapped its accelerated officer training programme and ordered remedial instruction for every agent it hired under the shortened process, after months of warnings that the cuts were producing dangerous and constitutionally unqualified officers.
An internal ICE memo, obtained exclusively by CBS News and reported on 10 June 2026, confirmed that the agency is extending its core training period from 42 days to roughly 71 days and requiring all officers who were onboarded under the shorter scheme to complete a supplemental course called the Advanced Field Officer Training Programme.
