ICE needs more agents to meet Trump’s promised deportation numbers. But is loosening standards and shortening training time to get more agents on the street a good idea, when ICE’s work is becoming more controversial, confrontational, and dangerous?

Guest: Robert Klemko, Washington Post reporter covering policing and criminal justice reform.

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