The ICE hiring boom : Planet Money - NPR
The article discusses the rapid hiring expansion of ICE and questions whether officer training has changed and at what cost. It also highlights the Trump administration's plans to invest billions of dollars into immigrant detention centers, which could significantly impact local economies, including a rural town in Georgia seeking an ICE facility. These topics were featured on Planet Money’s podcast, The Indicator.
The ICE hiring boom
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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.
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The episodes of *The Indicator *were produced by Julia Ritchey, with engineering by Jimmy Keeley. They were fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Kate Concannon is our show's editor.
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