Whistle-Blower Says ICE Fast-Tracked Recruits, Skipping Basic Vetting
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An ICE vetting official alleges that, amid a surge in hiring, the agency lowered screening standards—omitting basic fingerprint checks, security forms, and polygraph testing and shortening training—so recruits began training with incomplete vetting. The whistle-blower filed a DHS inspector general complaint, triggering an audit of vetting practices and renewed scrutiny of political appointee security clearances and national-security risk.
ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says The New York Times
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