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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

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BREAKING: Minneapolis ICE shooting exposes a STUNNING report that says some heavily armed agents can “barely read or write.” A woman is dead in Minneapolis after being shot by an ICE agent — and now we’re learning the horrifying context behind the badge. Just weeks before the killing, a bombshell investigation exposed how Donald Trump’s administration has been recklessly rushing 10,000 deportation officers into service, gutting standards, and throwing public safety out the window. The result? A law enforcement force so unqualified that insiders admit some new recruits “can barely read or write.” According to the report, ICE slashed training from 16 weeks to just six, eliminated basic fitness requirements because recruits “couldn’t handle sit-ups,” and sent trainees to the academy before drug test results even came back. Some later tested positive. Others showed up with gang or white supremacist tattoos, pending criminal charges, or doctors' notes saying they were physically unfit to serve. This wasn’t a fluke. It was policy. One official bluntly admitted: “We have people failing open-book tests.” Another was even more damning: “We’re now employing people who are not equipped to tie their own shoelaces.” Background checks? Often done after recruits start working. Vetting? Rubber-stamped in days. Training? Barebones. Oversight? A joke. One HR chief reportedly collapsed from stress as the whole operation spiraled out of control. And this is the force Trump and his allies insist we must blindly “back,” no questions asked. Now connect the dots. A militarized agency, flooded with undertrained, poorly vetted recruits, whipped into a frenzy by political rhetoric that labels immigrants and protesters as “invaders” and “terrorists” — and then a civilian ends up dead in the street. This is not an accident. It’s the inevitable outcome of a system built on cruelty, chaos, and political desperation. As one DHS source put it: “This isn’t the department of baking cookies.” No kidding. This is an agency with the power to detain, deport — and now, apparently, kill — staffed by people that leadership admits were never ready to wear a badge. Trump wanted speed over safety. Headlines over humanity. Force over competence. And now a family is grieving, a city is furious, and the country is left asking a question Republicans refuse to answer: How many more people have to die before this disaster is shut down?