08/06/2025

ICE Removes Age Limits for Recruits to Boost Hiring for Trump Deportations

They can now be as young as 18

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Wednesday that it is removing age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement, as it aims to expand hiring after a massive infusion of cash from Congress. Currently, ICE applicants must be 21 years old and no older than 37 or 40, depending on what position they are applying for. 

The department said in a news release that it would waive age limits for new applicants so “even more patriots will qualify to join ICE,” the agency responsible for finding, arresting, detaining and removing people who are in the U.S. illegally.

The agency is at the center of the Trump administration’s efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Earlier this summer Congress passed a spending bill that gives ICE money to hire 10,000 more staff.

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