Some newly-hired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had financial, legal and employment problems in their histories, according to an investigation by The Associated Press.
ICE announced earlier this year that it had completed an unprecedented hiring spree, adding 12,000 new officers and special agents to double the size of its force. Their mission is to help carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, financed by a $75 billion funding infusion from Congress for ICE.
