The ICE hiring boom
Planet Money

The ICE hiring boom

Feb 25, 2026 · 18 min

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<a href="https://tix.to/pm-book-tour"target="_blank" ><em>Live event info and tickets here</em></a><em>. </em><br/><br/>ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost? <br/><br/>Also, the Trump administration has plans to pour billions of dollars into warehouses for mass immigrant detention centers, which can totally change the economy of some areas. We hear from a rural town in Georgia that wants an ICE facility in its own backyard. <br/><br/>These episodes were originally published on Planet Money’s sister daily podcast The Indicator.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.planetmoneybook.com/"target="_blank" ><em>Pre-order the Planet Money book and get a free gift</em></a><em>. / </em><a href="https://n.pr/3HlREPz"target="_blank" ><em>Subscribe to Planet Money+</em></a><br/><br/>Listen free: <a href="http://n.pr/PM-digital"target="_blank" ><em>Apple Podcasts</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://n.pr/3gTkQlR"target="_blank" ><em>Spotify</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://n.pr/3Bkb17W"target="_blank" ><em>the NPR app</em></a><em> or anywhere you get podcasts.</em><br/><br/>Listen to the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4X3yDKgVTWRjSd6r0vhgo4?si=IaygGVB_QYurvweN-1zK-w&nd=1&dlsi=e440f1ac7f3f4d43"target="_blank" ><em>Indicator from Planet Money</em></a><br/><br/><a href="https://n.pr/3h92GwS"target="_blank" ><em>Facebook</em></a><em> / </em><a href="https://n.pr/3FqLuws"target="_blank" ><em>Instagram</em></a><em> / </em><a href="https://n.pr/3sGZdrq"target="_blank" ><em>TikTok</em></a><em> </em>/ Our weekly <a href="https://n.pr/3zrFvUB"target="_blank" ><em>Newsletter</em></a><em>.</em><br/><br/><em>The episodes of </em>The Indicator <em>were produced by Julia Ritchey, with engineering by Jimmy Keeley. They were fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Kate Concannon is our show's editor.</em><br/><br/><em>This episode of </em>Planet Money<em> was produced by Luis Gallo, with help from James Sneed. It was edited by Planet Money’s Executive Producer, Alex Goldmark.</em><br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>