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

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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