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Eugene

(65,777 posts) Thu Jul 10, 2025, 12:59 AM Jul 10

Trump wants 10,000 more deportation agents. Experts say it's an impossible goal -- and dangerous

Source: The Independent

Trump wants 10,000 more deportation agents. Experts say it’s an impossible goal — and dangerous

The administration hopes an historic injection of taxpayer cash can fix hiring challenges for an agency facing intense political and legal scrutiny, Alex Woodward reports

Thursday 10 July 2025 01:32 BST

President Donald Trump has signed into law a massive piece of legislation that hands more than $178 billion to immigration enforcement over the next decade, with $30 billion specifically for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

That injection of taxpayer cash makes the law enforcement agency one of the most expensive police forces in the world, outpacing most foreign military budgets.

The White House wants to hire 10,000 more ICE agents, a massive undertaking for an administration that is currently employing roughly half that figure to help remove people from the country.

But hitting that 10,000 target is going to be a challenge, if not impossible, according to experts. And, without any guardrails to screen how those agents are hired and who exactly is filling those roles, the government may be setting itself up to repeat critical past mistakes.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-deportations-funding-ice-agents-hiring-b2786045.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-10-000-more-003256236.html

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Trump wants 10,000 more deportation agents. Experts say it's an impossible goal -- and dangerous (Original Post) Eugene Jul 10 OP

What happens with all those agents when the deportations are done? Intractable Jul 10 #1

The Supreme Court will allow Trump to deport U.S. citizens, especially dissidents dalton99a Jul 10 #2

That's an absolute certainty! Wuddles440 Jul 10 #3

+1. Oh, he's not that bad... He can't do that ... They won't let him do that ... Stop crying wolf ... dalton99a Jul 10 #4

Intractable

(1,158 posts)

1. What happens with all those agents when the deportations are done?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:56 AM

Jul 10

I see now. The deportations continue after the immigrants are gone.

dalton99a

(89,460 posts)

2. The Supreme Court will allow Trump to deport U.S. citizens, especially dissidents

Reply to Intractable (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:05 AM

Jul 10

They will be next

Wuddles440

(1,782 posts)

3. That's an absolute certainty!

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 09:52 AM

Jul 10

Unfortunately too many of our fellow citizens are either in denial or oblivious to what's transpiring. Of course, there's also a segment of our society that fully supports this dystopian nightmare.

dalton99a

(89,460 posts)

4. +1. Oh, he's not that bad... He can't do that ... They won't let him do that ... Stop crying wolf ...