Border Patrol Hiring Spree Offers Lessons as Another Immigration Agency Embarks on Massive Growth
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McALLEN, Texas — In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it would take to hire 6,000 agents, a roughly 50% increase at the time. Michael Fisher, then deputy chief in San Diego, says the officials concluded they would need five years. “You have 2 1/2 years,” Fisher recalls being told. With Immigration and Customs Enforcement now preparing to add 10,000 employees within five years to assist with President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts, the Border Patrol’s torrid
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