Mullin says ICE training returning to regular standards

Mullin said ICE is restoring its training protocols to regular standards. The announcement follows a period in which the agency reduced training requirements. Those reductions were implemented as part of an enforcement push over the past year. Mullin indicated the agency will now revert to the previous level of training. Returning to regular standards may improve agent readiness. Officials will need to re-establish the training curriculum that had been scaled back. The change could influence how ICE conducts its enforcement activities. Observers will watch for how the restored training impacts operational effectiveness.