Posted on 08/26/2025 5:31:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Under President Donald Trump, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has become the driving force of his sweeping crackdown on migrants, bolstered by record funding and new latitude to conduct raids, but staff are contending with long hours and growing public outrage over the arrests.
Those internal pressures are taking a toll. Two current and nine former ICE officials told Reuters the agency is grappling with burnout and frustration among personnel as agents struggle to keep pace with the administration’s aggressive enforcement agenda.
The agency has launched a recruitment drive to relieve the stress by hiring thousands of new officers as quickly as possible, but that process will likely take months or years to play out.
All of those interviewed by Reuters backed immigration enforcement in principle. But they criticized the Trump administration's push for high daily arrest quotas that have led to the detention of thousands of individuals with no criminal record, as well as long-term green card holders, others with legal visas, and even some U.S. citizens.
Most of the current and former ICE officials requested anonymity due to concerns about retaliation against themselves or former colleagues.
Americans have been inundated with images on social media of often masked agents in tactical gear handcuffing people on neighborhood streets, at worksites, outside schools, churches, and courthouses, and in their driveways. Videos of some arrests have gone viral, fueling public anger over the tactics.
Under Trump, average daily arrests by the 21,000-strong agency have soared, up over 250% in June compared to a year earlier, although daily arrest rates dropped in July.
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I call Bravo Sierra.
The couple of them I know were very frustrated not being able to do their jobs under Biden.
Resist much?
Rotor Rueters, carring the socialist / communists Democrats water. Interviewed half a dozen paid for ICE employees who miss their donut breaks.
“””The couple of them I know were very frustrated not being able to do their jobs under Biden.”””
Biden told them to stop being law enforcement officers and instead they were to help the illegals fill out paper work.
If you come to this country illegally you are automatically a CRIMINAL PERIOD
It’s not bs or bravo sierra.
It’s bull-Dorkbama.
Stinks to high heaven.
Same IQ, though.
Eat it, Dorkbama. No one cares a whit about your unmatched fakeness and slime.
Rooters agitprop. They never get better and they never give up.
roflmao why are tons of retired officers jumping at the chance to get back to work ? whoever wrote this crap is brain dead.
“and former ICE officials”
Meaning the Trump haters, America haters that took the voluntary retirement with six months severance. SPIT!
Oh, I am sure they would enjoy it so much more to be babysitters for all the illegals they were having to process, feeding them meals, transporting them, etc. rather than doing what they were hired to do.
Those internal pressures are taking a toll.
Appears they are having fun,
Roto-Reuters is Fake News but if their is any fatigue in the ranks of ICE they’ll get relief soon. Kristi Noem said a day or so ago that they’ve had 130,000 applicants to join ICE.
Laughable
Three authors. You know they are each other’s “confidential source.”
It took three “journalists” to write this pap, including Venus Flytrap from WKRP...
Balonie
ICE has a bunch of officers. Eventually a few complainers can be found complaining. Even a perfect place like the Army has its whiners.
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