ICE is preparing to hire 5,000 new employees by the end of the year to support a deportation campaign.
Posted by Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Checked
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovSep 30, 2026
The claim that ICE is preparing to hire 5,000 employees by year's end to support the deportation campaign is supported as of the 2026-09-30 posting date. The New York Times and Washington Post both reported the plan on 2026-09-29, citing anonymous sources, and NewsNation reported it on 2026-09-30.
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What was said
… They're clearly, though, trying to make immigration happen as a campaign issue. There's another caravan coming up um right now, um, the electoral car caravan. Um, Marjorie Taylor Green is the clock, right? She's right a couple times a day. Um ICE is reportedly preparing for a hiring surge to support Trump's deportation campaign, aiming to bring 5000 new employees by the end of the year. The hires would grow the workforce by about 17% and use substantial new congressional funding. Which then, Susan Collins, allow that to go through? Just as a reminder, they just fired a bunch of ICE agents, and this is so stupid. …
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The New York Times reported that ICE is preparing another hiring surge to support President Trump's deportation campaign, with a goal of bringing on 5,000 new employees by the end of the year, citing four people familiar with the plans.[2]
Supports. The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration is planning a hiring push for 5,000 new ICE employees in the coming months, citing two former officials and a person familiar with the matter.[3]
Supports. NewsNation reported on 2026-09-30 that ICE is working to hire 5,000 new officers as the mass deportation efforts continue, saying its sources confirmed the plan.[4]
Supports. A Senate Democratic press release dated 2026-10-05 refers to 'new reports of the agency's plans to hire 5,000 new officers before year's end,' confirming that the plan was widely reported.[1]
Context. The reporting rests on anonymous sources and describes a plan rather than a finalized hiring outcome, which fits the claim's word 'preparing'.[2][3]
Sources
4 sources: 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Padilla, Booker, Blumenthal Urge Mullin to Immediately ...padilla.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2ICE Plans 5000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drivenytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 3ICE plans push for 5000 new hires in coming monthswashingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4ICE expected to hire 5K new officers to ramp mass deportation ...newsnationnow.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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