{"id":1869,"date":"2026-06-03T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:05:11","slug":"homeland-secretary-mullin-says-ice-training-going-back-to-regular-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1869","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Secretary Mullin says ICE training going back to \u2018regular standards\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON — Markwayne Mullin, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, told lawmakers Wednesday that his agency would be increasing the training requirements for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to their previous level starting this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The scope of ICE training became a point of contention as the Trump administration hired thousands of new officers over the past year and apparently cut training requirements as a result of the hiring push. A trove of documents released by Senate Democrats earlier this year showed that training hours had dropped by roughly 40% as of February, to approximately 336 hours. As of July, it had been 584 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Mullin said that those training requirements were changing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe had to rewrite the curriculum. All training starting July 1st will be back up to the regular standards,\u201d he said to the House Homeland Security Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n

The issue of training for new ICE officers became a flashpoint as the agency became involved in major operations in cities like Minneapolis. The shootings of two American citizens in that city, one of whom was shot by an ICE agent, further inflamed those conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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