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‘It’s pathetic’: Trump’s ICE recruitment drive is stalling as new hires can’t pass basic fitness test, report says (www.independent.co.uk)

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Critics have warned that lowered hiring standards and slashed training times will lead to an explosion of abuses by immigration officers

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[–] nixus@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

...requiring 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and running one-and-a-half miles in 14 minutes...

That's a stupidly easy test. I'm a programmer, gamer, and I have a bad back, and I can easily do that.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Just to confirm...

Is it all that's listed in 14 minutes. So, the push-ups, sit-ups and the running?

Not just running almost a kilometre in 14 minutes?

[–] nixus@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 week ago

Oh, that's a good question. I read it as the latter, but if it's the former, it would be a bit tougher. It's still not super hard, but it is tougher than I initially imagined.

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