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Ryan Schwank

@ryanschwank.bsky.social
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Former ICE counsel and advocate for ethical governance. I testified to Congress on training failures at the ICE academy and secret orders to train ICE officers to violate the 4th Amendment by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

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Whistleblower Aid @wbaidlaw.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"They know this is not working, and they’re going to keep doing it anyway because they’ve been ordered to do so." –Whistleblower Aid client Ryan Schwank on ICE's continued use of vehicle stops after two killings by ICE officers earlier this month @ryanschwank.bsky.social
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Trump’s deportation policing force is killing people. It was “foreseeable in the most tragic way.”
The ACLU tracked 1,200 immigration enforcement incidents in a year and found a pattern of misconduct and rights violations.
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Whistleblower Aid @wbaidlaw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"The agency graduated hundreds if not thousands of cadets through a program that was deficient... And they trained a lot of officers who don't have the right training to know when to use their firearm," our client Ryan Schwank @ryanschwank.bsky.social told MSNOW. Watch: www.ms.now/katy-tur/wat...
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ICE hiring spree draws new scrutiny after deadly shootings
According to the Associated Press, the family of the ICE officer involved in the deadly Maine shooting says he has a history of violent behavior. ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank and Host of Crooked Med...
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Whistleblower Aid @wbaidlaw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"The agency has shown that it's not acting in good faith." Listen as ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank @ryanschwank.bsky.social discusses the recent fatal shootings by ICE officers and the broken policies underpinning these tragedies. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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ICE whistleblower on Trump: 'If he tells them to jump, they'll ask how high'
A former lawyer and trainer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement responds to President Trump's call for ICE to resume traffic stops after two fatal encounters.
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Ryan Schwank @ryanschwank.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I was asked how to protect the Constitution. Just say no! I told the #WebsummitVancouver audience that going along makes you own the government's unlawful actions. Say no to spreading their lies, to building tools you believe will be misused, to advancing something you know is wrong. Just say No!
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Ryan Schwank @ryanschwank.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I was glad to have the opportunity to comment on the differences in ICE and US Marine use of force training. The quality and time dedicated to training reflects both the priorities of the organization and determines the likelihood of mission success. The difference here was stark.
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