ICE Deportation Officer Candidate Advances Physical Testing Suit

The Department of Homeland Security must face part of a lawsuit challenging its use of the same physical fitness standards for female and male deportation officer candidates.

The ruling Monday by the US District Court for the District of Columbia shows that general statistics can be enough to state a disparate impact discrimination claim, though they likely won’t be sufficient to prove it. Here, data Victoria Feloni extrapolated from a 1.5-mile training run administered by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center—different than the Immigration and Customs Enforcement-specific run she failed—could support the conclusion that the ICE run has an adverse ...