In today’s world, it takes more training to cut someone’s hair than it does to detain them. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can complete training in just 56 days, followed by on-the-job experience afterwards. That means it takes only 2 months to train someone for a job that requires you to arrest people, learn immigration laws, and use violence.

 There are a lot of day-to-day jobs that people don’t think of as hard or something you need to train a lot for; however, barbers and cosmetologists need around 1500 hours of training, EMTs require months of learning coursework and taking exams, and even electricians and plumbers take years of apprenticeships.

 How does a job with the power to detain and deport require so little training?

Recently, I.C.E training has been shortened because of a hiring surge, with different training programs cutting hundreds of hours of training. The less training that I.C.E agents have, the more mistakes they make in the fields which puts lives at risk and might compromise the Constitution. 

If the government is going to hand people badges, weapons, and authority, there needs to be more training involved than it takes to become a hairdresser or a plumber. 

When a barber makes a mistake, they can’t take someone’s life; they mess up their hair, and it grows back. When a plumber makes a mistake, they have to adjust a few screws and pipes, and the problem is fixed. When an I.C.E. agent makes a mistake, people’s lives and liberty are put in danger.

Supporting border control and supporting the events that have happened in the last few months are completely different things. Border control is peaceful when it’s done correctly. The way the U.S. government is going about deportations is wrong and unconstitutional.