U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will end a shortened training program for agents first implemented under the Trump administration last year, a spokesperson confirmed to NOTUS on Wednesday.
Rather than the accelerated 42-day course, trainees will now spend 72 days at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers in Glynco, Georgia, the standard before the Trump administration approved the condensed training program in an attempt to quickly increase the number of agents conducting immigration enforcement.
The revision of training protocols is part of a broader shift under White House border czar Tom Homan, who in recent weeks has ratcheted back the Trump administration’s most aggressive mass-deportation tactics.