(The Hill) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is eliminating the age cap on new hires, allowing people older than 40 to join its deportation force.

The move will end the limitations on the physically demanding job at a time when the Trump administration is pressed for personnel to carry out its mass deportation agenda.

“We are ENDING the age cap for ICE law enforcement,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote in a post on the social platform X. “Qualified candidates can now apply with no age limit.”

The shift also eliminates the age limit for those seeking to serve as investigators, which was previously capped at 37.

A press release from the Department of Homeland Security touts the shift as being “backed by significant new funding through the recentl

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