The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has responded to reports that more than a third of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruits have failed the physical fitness test at the agency’s training academy in Georgia.
The Atlantic reported that more than one-third of new ICE recruits were unable to pass the academy’s basic fitness requirements, which include completing at least 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and a 1.5-mile run in under 14 minutes. The article cited internal emails that referred to some recruits as “athletically allergic.”
DHS Responds to Report ICE Recruits Are Failing Fitness Tests
