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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

ICE hired hundreds of agents with little vetting, exposing US to ‘grave national security risks,’ whistleblower claims

An anonymous Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in charge of evaluating new recruits has warned that the Trump administration’s fast-tracked hiring process exposed the U.S. to “grave national security risks.”

The whistleblower complaint, obtained by The New York Times, follows other urgent warnings from current and former officials who feared that the Trump administration’s hiring surge put thousands of officers on the streets without proper guidance or training.

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