The ICE hiring boom
Planet Money
- Published
- February 25, 2026
- Duration
- 18:12
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 7, 2026
Discusses Live event info and tickets here. ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training …
Summary
Live event info and tickets here. ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost? Also, the Trump administration has plans to pour billions of dollars into warehouses for mass immigrant detention centers, which can totally change the economy of some areas. We hear from a rural town in Georgia that want…
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Live event info and tickets here. ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost? Also, the Trump administration has plans to pour billions of dollars into warehouses for mass immigrant detention centers, which can totally change the economy of some areas. We hear from a rural town in Georgia that wants an ICE facility in its own backyard. These episodes were originally published on Planet Money’s sister daily podcast The Indicator.Pre-order