ICE Hiring Surge Hobbled As Recruits Flunk Fitness Tests, Undercutting Deportation Push

The Advocate page could not be scraped due to a client-side block, but it appears tied to a broader pattern: ICE is expanding recruitment while a significant share of academy recruits fail physical-fitness tests, complicating plans to scale deportation operations. Recent reporting (e.g., national outlets) cites failure rates above one-third and administrative reassignments, with DHS moving fitness checks earlier in training.