Inside ICE, Trump's migrant crackdown is taking a toll on officers

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Inside ICE, Trump's migrant crackdown is taking a toll on officers
By Ted Hesson, Tim Reid and Nicole Jeanine Johnson
August 27, 20252:42 AM EDTUpdated 4 hours ago

Summary

ICE officers face burnout, frustration amid Trump's aggressive enforcement
Public outrage grows over ICE's arrest tactics
ICE launches recruitment drive to hire 10,000 officers

WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Under President Donald Trump, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has become the driving force of his sweeping crackdown on migrants, bolstered by record funding and new latitude to conduct raids, but staff are contending with long hours and growing public outrage over the arrests.

Those internal pressures are taking a toll. Two current and nine former ICE officials told Reuters the agency is grappling with burnout and frustration among personnel as agents struggle to keep pace with the administration’s aggressive enforcement agenda.

The agency has launched a recruitment drive to relieve the stress by hiring thousands of new officers as quickly as possible, but that process will likely take months or years to play out.

All of those interviewed by Reuters backed immigration enforcement in principle. But they criticized the Trump administration's push for high daily arrest quotas that have led to the detention of thousands of individuals with no criminal record, as well as long-term green card holders, others with legal visas, and even some U.S. citizens.

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/inside-ice-trumps-migrant-crackdown-is-taking-toll-officers-2025-08-27/

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Fuck em. Just quit.

[sop]

2. I'm sure members of the Gestapo also felt burned out after long days spent persecuting enemies of the Third Reich.

[Reader Rabbit]

3. Boo fucking hoo.

Ship these sad sacks to El Salvador, South Sudan, or Uganda. See how much anyone there cares about their burnout.

[Biophilic]

4. Damn, you're breaking my heart.

[Prairie Gates]

5. The Nazi police battalions and Einsatzgruppen also experienced psychological breakdowns

There are reports of whole units being falling down drunk on schnapps before their "special actions." Many in the police order battalions that committed the genocide by bullets in Poland simply stopped showing up, or even demanded transfers to the far more dangerous duty on the frontlines in the East.

Yes, so, we know from history, being a fascist scumbag takes a toll on people.

[Wounded Bear]

6. It's hard being an asshole all the time...nt

[Qutzupalotl]

7. This is somewhat encouraging.

Maybe we have fewer full-on Nazis than I thought. One is still too many, but the fact that they are having trouble finding sociopaths is a good sign.

So ordinary people filming and yelling at them is taking a toll. Good!