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13 October
5:56 pm

ICE agents weren't vetted and didn't have the training

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Troy Jackson, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 3 (WABI/WAGM)

5:56 pm
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Why we checked itJackson attributes to Senator Collins the assertion that ICE agents lacked vetting and training — a specific claim about institutional standards that is verifiable and politically significant
What we foundThe core concern about inadequate vetting and shortened training for some ICE recruits is substantiated by multiple credible sources, but the absolute claim that ICE agents 'weren't vetted and didn't have the training' overstates the evidence, which shows systemic problems affecting a subset of recruits rather than a wholesale absence of vetting or training.
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