The Daily Mail reports that Trump administration is hiring ICE applicants who can “barely read or write,” notes The Independent:
“We have people failing open-book tests and we have folks that can barely read or write English,” one DHS official told the outlet.
DHS has expanded the applicant pool by ending the age limit on ICE agents and is working on getting new hires on the streets faster with a shortened training period of six weeks.
But Daily Mail sources said recruits are being sent to its training academy in Georgia before their drug test results come back positive.
“We even had a 469lb man sent to the academy whose own doctor certified him not at all fit for any physical activity,” the DHS official said.
An NBC News report from October also said that some recruits failed drug tests or had disqualifying criminal backgrounds while already in training.
In one incident reported by the Daily Mail, a recruit asked to be excused from class because he had a court date for a gun charge.
(Sources: The Daily Mail, The Independent, NBC News)