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- A report from The Atlantic indicates that over one-third of recruits at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) training academy in Georgia failed the agency's basic fitness test, impacting plans to hire 10,000 new deportation officers by January 2024.
- The fitness test requires minimal standards, such as 15 push-ups and completing a 1.5-mile run in under 14 minutes.
- Critics, including current officials, express concerns that lowered standards to meet hiring goals set by the Trump administration affect recruit quality.
- Immigrant rights groups warn that ICE's rapid expansion raises significant human rights concerns.
