A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) teacher at a Georgia training centre told congressional Democrats yesterday new agents are trained to run roughshod over constitutional rights, including the right against a home invasion, and that the federal agency is "broken". Ryan Schwank, who resigned from Ice on February 13, told the forum Ice is training new agents to violate Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure. "Ice made the programme shorter, and they removed so many essential parts that what remains is a dangerous husk," Schwank said. "Despite false claims from the media and sanctuary politicians, no training hours have been cut,"‘ Bis said yesterday. But the records in the memo suggest Ice trainees are still working "nine-hour days".

Source: Otago Daily Times February 24, 2026 15:35 UTC