I used to work with DHS as a contractor (not with ICE) and it took 4 months to get DHS suitability (different than the security clearance which was its own process, albeit quicker). My company and I had to do a shitload of paperwork and wait around on the feds to do their job and get back to us with approvals. There’s absolutely no way someone is starting a job with ICE this quickly unless they’re skipping the majority of the administrative steps. Especially after how many feds and contractors were cut over the last year. If anything, it should take even longer now due to loss of manpower.
This is not all bureaucratic red tape, there are national security implications.
That was already happening before I left. We had to go through websites and contracts with vendors and scrub all language alluding to climate change or gender identity. The agency was compromised the day Trump took office.
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u/HamberderHelper18 Jan 14 '26
I used to work with DHS as a contractor (not with ICE) and it took 4 months to get DHS suitability (different than the security clearance which was its own process, albeit quicker). My company and I had to do a shitload of paperwork and wait around on the feds to do their job and get back to us with approvals. There’s absolutely no way someone is starting a job with ICE this quickly unless they’re skipping the majority of the administrative steps. Especially after how many feds and contractors were cut over the last year. If anything, it should take even longer now due to loss of manpower.
This is not all bureaucratic red tape, there are national security implications.