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I was clicking through college football games just now, looking for an interesting game. Landed on NC State (14) v Virginia Tech(13). I'm not a fan of either school, but it's a good game.
Commercial break comes on and I was flabbergasted to see it was a recruiting ad for ICE, offering $50, 000. signing bonuses.
WTF? I don't watch much commercial TV, and so far this season I haven't seen any of these ads for ICE aired during other college or pro football games.
Have any of you seen them? College? Pro? What part of the country?
The game is being aired on CW.
oasis
(53,986 posts)3 weeks. $50,000 signing bonus. Yeah right, a year from now when all the undocumented folks are gone, what are the goons gonna do for work?
0rganism
(25,715 posts)What indeed?
One thing is certain: they will have work.
msongs
(74,199 posts)Srkdqltr
(9,942 posts)lame54
(40,099 posts)The CIA was almost exclusively Ivy League from the OSS to its transformation to the CIA (Poppa Bush)
ICE needs officer types. Colberts crowd isnt just Ivy League of course but they (we) are way more likely to have a college degree. Oh, dont forget the white part. Ivy League
Cadfael
(1,381 posts)Theyre paying for the commercial time presumedly..
They just ruined my preseason hockey game with that shit.
In Chicago - CHSN
underpants
(197,183 posts)ICE is throwing money around
Danmel
(5,804 posts)In my feeds online.
Really creepy.
Cadfael
(1,381 posts)Were targeted specifically at the Chicago Police
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPGVGTaDqOx/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
mnhtnbb
(33,505 posts)during the NC State v Virginia Tech game being played in Raleigh, NC. I live in Durham, NC.
Jim__
(15,277 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(23,048 posts)Silent Type
(12,412 posts)And, the ads scare innocent immigrants here or elsewhere.
mnhtnbb
(33,505 posts)I noticed the second time the ad aired. I was so stunned when I saw it the first time, the loan forgiveness in smaller print didn't register.
It seemed to me they were targeting former military members as recruits.
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