Latest posts tagged with #FLETC on Bluesky
ICE officers' use of force and training: ICE retiree sees agency he doesn't recognize
“There was never this thirst for numbers that I'm seeing now,” Darius Reeves told the News4 I-Team. “Three thousand arrests per day? That's insanity.”
#FLETC surge
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On the ICE training, Marc Brown, a former #FLETC instructor said, "They’re not being adequately trained for what they’re being tasked with. Some of the mistakes you would make in training, now you’re making them in the field."
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The Trump administration's massive tax and spending law gave $750 million to something called the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. These are the facilities that train recruits for ICE, US Border Patrol, and US Customs and Border Protection. #FLETC surge.
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Schwank trained new ICE recruits at #FLETC in Glynco, GA - large enough to have its own zip code. It includes 1,600 acres of "classrooms, dormitories, and administrative and logistical support structures," along with a dining hall that can serve thousands of meals.
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“This means that cadets are not taught what it means to be objectively reasonable, the very standard which the law requires them to meet when deciding whether or not to use deadly force.”
Training staff share “widespread concerns”…
#FLETC surge
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Former ICE instructor at #FLETC says agency slashed training for new officers
“ICE is teaching cadets to violate the Constitution and attempting to cloak it in secrecy by demanding I lie about it,” he said.
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On #FLETC surge via #Whistleblower
“ICE is lying to Congress and the American people about the steps it is taking to ensure its 10,000 news officers faithfully uphold the Constitution,” Schwank, who joined ICE as legal counsel in 2021, said in the draft.
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“ICE is lying to Congress and the American people about the steps it is taking to ensure its 10,000 news officers faithfully uphold the Constitution,” Schwank, who joined ICE as legal counsel in 2021, said in the draft.
#FLETC surge
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ICE whistleblower comes forward to testify before Congress on DHS #FLETC surge
Ryan Schwank, a former ICE academy instructor, is expected to testify that ICE “is lying to Congress and the American people” about its training program.
A former ICE instructor responsible for educating new ICE officers on proper use of force at #FLETC said the agency's efforts to rapidly scale up its ranks will place recruits on the streets without the training they need to lawfully carry out immigration enforcement.
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#Whistleblower prepared testimony calls the training program “deficient, defective and broken.”
“Deficient training can and will get people killed,” he wrote.
“It can and will lead to unlawful arrests, violations of constitutional rights, and a fundamental loss of public trust…”
#FLETC surge
New whistleblower documents detail substantial cuts by #ICE to the training requirements for new immigration officers.
Cuts incl the elimination of practical exams, use of force & legal training courses, and an overall reduction in training time
#DHS #FLETC surge
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Evidence Shows Feds Lied To Justify Shooting of Martinez, Lawyer Says
A former #FLETC instructor testified that vehicle-related use of force training indicates that Homeland Security policy discourages & prohibits firing into moving vehicles, Dr Brown said.
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Former #FLETC instructor says the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by CBP raises serious concerns about their tactical decision-making and use of force.
— why officers confronted Pretti, who appeared to be filming a deportation operation using only his cellphone.
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I’ve attended training at #FLETC. Nobody washes-out because they’re too stupid.
This administration breeds and breathes ignorance and incompetence.
Open book, for crying out loud. It doesn’t get easier than that.
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Can we stop calling these masked rent-an-iceman “federal agents?” It’s kind of a slap in the face of all the federal law enforcement folks that actually go through #Quantico and #FLETC. #showyourface
What #DOGE will cuts like those mentioned below mean for #coastalgeorgia?
Will #FLETC see major layoffs?
How about the #Brunswick port operations?
How about access to Social Security services?
Medicaid cuts for access to hospital and medical care?
#trumpeconomy
#muskeconomy
#GOPeconomy
Part 15 #discussions trip up #FLETC as #GAO upholds UNICA-BPA JV’s #protest; an accepted #FPR determines timing of #compliance with #SAM registration requirements, not initial proposals.
Photo Essay from #Artesia #FLETC #immigration lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2014/12/phot...
