WASHINGTON — Ryan Schwank, a former ICE attorney and legal instructor turned whistleblower, made serious allegations at a congressional forum on Monday. Speaking publicly for the first time, Schwank accused ICE of lying to Congress and drastically cutting training for new agents.

Schwank claimed that ICE slashed 240 hours from its 584-hour training program, removing critical instruction on the Fourth Amendment, use of force, lawful arrests, and legal limits of officer authority. He described the current program as "deficient, defective, and broken," while warning that poorly trained agents pose a danger to public safety and constitutional rights.

Schwank alleged that a May 12, 2025 memo was secretly circulated to instructors, authorizing ICE agents to forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant, relying instead on an administrative Form I-205 signed by DHS officials. The attorney called it a "blatantly unlawful order" and stated his supervisor warned him that questioning it could cost him his job.

The Department of Homeland Security denied the allegations, claiming training was "streamlined" to remove redundancy without sacrificing core content. DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis asserted that no training hours were cut, though internal records released by congressional Democrats suggest otherwise.

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