Armed with a $75 billion windfall from the one “big, beautiful bill,” the Department of Homeland Security is preparing for a surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations after a massive hiring spike, the Washington Examiner reported Monday.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Friday that the agency has received more than 175,000 applications for ICE officer positions and that the first wave of 1,200 to 1,500 new agents has been deployed to the field as part of the “Defend the Homeland” recruitment drive.
Noem added that “thousands more” will be deployed in the coming weeks.
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