{"id":72008,"date":"2026-04-17T10:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/ices-hiring-spree-led-to-influx-of-recruits-with-questionable-qualifications-investigation-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:54:55","slug":"ices-hiring-spree-led-to-influx-of-recruits-with-questionable-qualifications-investigation-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/ices-hiring-spree-led-to-influx-of-recruits-with-questionable-qualifications-investigation-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE\u2019s hiring spree led to influx of recruits with questionable qualifications, investigation shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patchy employment records, bankruptcies and allegations of wrongdoing blemish the records of several new recruits<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rapid recruitment and expansion by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement\">ICE<\/a>) has led to an influx of employees with questionable qualifications, an investigation has found.<\/p>\n<p>The track records of some of the new recruits amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s mass deportation agenda stand out \u2013 and not in a good way.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/17\/ice-immigration-agents-backgrounds\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patchy employment records, bankruptcies and allegations of wrongdoing blemish the records of several new recruits Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Rapid recruitment and expansion by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has led to an influx of employees with questionable qualifications, an investigation has found. &#8230; <a title=\"ICE\u2019s hiring spree led to influx of recruits with questionable qualifications, investigation shows\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/ices-hiring-spree-led-to-influx-of-recruits-with-questionable-qualifications-investigation-shows\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about ICE\u2019s hiring spree led to influx of recruits with questionable qualifications, investigation shows\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}