Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 10,000 employees over five years, echoing a Border Patrol expansion in the 2000s. Pressure to increase hiring can lead to lowered hiring standards along with more attrition, misconduct, and corruption. When the Border Patrol rapidly expanded, arrests for employee misconduct at its parent agency increased to 336 in the 2012 fiscal year from 190 seven years earlier. ICE’s expansion follows a bill signed by President Trump, allocating $76.5 billion for detention, hiring, and other uses. Competition for qualified applicants remains stiff, with law enforcement agencies offering large signing bonuses to attract talent.