President Donald Trump’s ambitious – and controversial – mass deportation machine has had to put the brakes on.
In an unexpected move, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has decided to backtrack and abandon the accelerated training program for its new agents, a plan that had been the spearhead for meeting the president’s removal goals for 2026.
ICE cancels accelerated training
🇺🇸 Immigration and Customs Enforcement reversed its expedited training after criticism of immigration operations pushed by Donald Trump 📉
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– quiero tv USA (@quierotvusa) May 6, 2026
Under pressure from the White House to show immediate results, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had drastically cut basic training for recruits to just 72 days.
This “fast track” sought to fill ICE’s ranks with thousands of new personnel funded by Trump’s legislative package in 2025.
However, what on paper looked like efficiency, on the streets turned into tragedy.
Democratic senators, led by Richard Blumenthal, had already warned that cutting back on technical and ethics training for agents was a recipe for disaster.
“In their zeal to meet political goals, they sacrificed safety and basic protocols,” the congressmen noted.
Scandals, shootings and the fall of a secretary
🚔 ICE plans to reinstate its full training program for officers, leaving behind the accelerated scheme and seeking to reinforce standards of security, legality and use of force in operations. https://t.co/5itcqUsDIi pic.twitter.com/NqEeb5uiMm
– Republic USA (@RepublicaUSA) May 6, 2026
The decision is not a free one.
DHS is under fierce scrutiny following multiple allegations of excessive force.
Tensions reached a breaking point last January in Minneapolis, when poorly executed operations resulted in shootings that killed two U.S. citizens.
This event not only triggered massive protests across the country, but caused a political earthquake that ended with the ouster of then DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Now, the agency plans to send veteran agents into the field to supervise and instruct the “rookies” who were hired under the fast-track program, trying to mitigate the damage before another tragedy occurs.
Total overhaul of the deportation division
The Department of Homeland Security has announced changes in the training of its agents to return to the 72-day training scheme.https://t.co/DnzYTpvR1h
– N+ UNIVISION (@nmasunivision) May 7, 2026
Internal sources confirmed that ICE is working on a comprehensive review of protocols for the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division.
The goal is to reinforce training in the use of force and arrest tactics to prevent the deportation campaign from continuing to claim collateral lives.
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