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<\/p>\nA woman is dead in Minneapolis after being shot by an ICE agent \u2014 and now we\u2019re learning the horrifying context behind the badge.
\nJust weeks before the killing, a bombshell investigation exposed how Donald Trump\u2019s administration has been recklessly rushing 10,000 deportation officers into service, gutting standards, and throwing public safety out the window. The result? A law enforcement force so unqualified that insiders admit some new recruits \u201ccan barely read or write.\u201d<\/p>\n
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According to the report, ICE slashed training from 16 weeks to just six, eliminated basic fitness requirements because recruits \u201ccouldn\u2019t handle sit-ups,\u201d and sent trainees to the academy before drug test results even came back. Some later tested positive. Others showed up with gang or white supremacist tattoos, pending criminal charges, or doctors’ notes saying they were physically unfit to serve.
\nThis wasn\u2019t a fluke. It was policy.
\nOne official bluntly admitted: \u201cWe have people failing open-book tests.\u201d Another was even more damning: \u201cWe\u2019re now employing people who are not equipped to tie their own shoelaces.\u201d
\nBackground checks? Often done after recruits start working. Vetting? Rubber-stamped in days. Training? Barebones. Oversight? A joke. One HR chief reportedly collapsed from stress as the whole operation spiraled out of control.
\nAnd this is the force Trump and his allies insist we must blindly \u201cback,\u201d no questions asked.
\nNow connect the dots. A militarized agency, flooded with undertrained, poorly vetted recruits, whipped into a frenzy by political rhetoric that labels immigrants and protesters as \u201cinvaders\u201d and \u201cterrorists\u201d \u2014 and then a civilian ends up dead in the street.
\nThis is not an accident. It\u2019s the inevitable outcome of a system built on cruelty, chaos, and political desperation.
\nAs one DHS source put it: \u201cThis isn\u2019t the department of baking cookies.\u201d No kidding. This is an agency with the power to detain, deport \u2014 and now, apparently, kill \u2014 staffed by people that leadership admits were never ready to wear a badge.
\nTrump wanted speed over safety. Headlines over humanity. Force over competence.
\nAnd now a family is grieving, a city is furious, and the country is left asking a question Republicans refuse to answer: How many more people have to die before this disaster is shut down?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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