Ryan Schwenk

Ryan Schwenk, a former ICE attorney who blew the whistle on training and constitutional lapses, tells a firsthand account of chaotic academy practices. He describes controversial memos authorizing warrantless entries, rushed cadet training with skipped background checks, and his decision to take concerns to Congress. The conversation spotlights institutional shortcuts and personal cost.

Ryan Schwenk, a former ICE attorney who testified to Congress as a whistleblower, recounts alarming training and policy changes at an ICE academy. He describes warrantless-entry memos, gutted oversight, compressed constitutional and use-of-force instruction, and how failures in training and compliance led him to resign and warn about risks to public safety.

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