US Hires 50,000 Federal Workers Under Trump, Boosting Immigration Roles

US Hires 50,000 Federal Workers Under Trump, Boosting Immigration Roles
The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is embroidered on a polo shirt of an ICE employee, at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement two-day job fair in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2025. Shelby Tauber/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. government has hired 50,000 employees since President Donald Trump took office, his top personnel official said, with the new staff largely in national security positions reflecting the administration’s policy focus.

The bulk of the new hires, reported first by Reuters, work at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Scott Kupor, the federal government’s human resources director, in an interview on Thursday night.