"No Age Limit" for Americans to Join ICE Law Enforcement, Secretary Noem Says

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Source: Homeland Security Today

"No Age Limit" for Americans to Join ICE Law Enforcement, Secretary Noem Says

Less than one week since DHS launched recruitment campaign, more than 80,000 Americans applied to join ICE

By Homeland Security Today August 6, 2025

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will waive age limits for new applicants to join ICE in its mission.

All ICE law enforcement recruits will be required to go through medical screening, drug screening, and complete a physical fitness test.

"We are ENDING the age cap for ICE law enforcement," said Secretary Noem. "Qualified candidates can now apply with no age limit. JOIN.ICE.GOV."

Backed by new funding through the recently signed "One Big Beautiful Bill", ICE is offering a package of federal law enforcement incentives, including:

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Read more: https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/no-age-limit-for-americans-to-join-ice-law-enforcement-secretary-noem-says/

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem just announced she's removing the age limit for ICE applicants, which allows literal teenagers to now apply. What could possibly go wrong?
August 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM

[JustAnotherGen]

1. When the Regime Ends

I want every single one of their names.

That's a good place to find people who are not allowed to vote, hold office, or work at any level of government for the following 20 years.

Had we done this after the C.W. - we wouldn't be where we are right now. And I'm being generous with 20 years. I'd prefer 40 or when they die. We can build whatever America we want when the Dictatorship is over. Never this way pass again.

I look at Germany and how their system is designed to hold back a 4th Reich - and it boggles my mind when well-meaning Dems want to play nice with our Domestic Enemies.

[Prairie Gates]

6. The Truth and Reconciliation Hearings are gonna be epic

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Beauty of it is

The UN, NATO, etc. etc. they've never come to the defense of any marginalized group in America before.

They will have no choice but to stand down. I will only support politicians now that are in favor of extreme punishment of the dictatorship - and that includes HSI/ICE.

[Karasu]

11. Considering how badly this country dropped the ball in its response to 1/6/21, I have no faith in its ability or

willingness to adequately punish anyone for this.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. I think that's because

We returned to the status quo.

Harris is right - the system is broken.

If we break it a little bit more - we can build what we want. We the People- not someone giving platitudes about coming together.

That mentality gave us Jim Crow. Nope - we aren't going back.

[Karasu]

14. I completely agree with what Harris said, yes...I just really hope I'm wrong and this country actually has the guts to

do it. Frankly, I haven't seen any reason to believe it, particularly given the response (or lack thereof) to an attempted violent overthrow of the government. Nuremberg-style trials seem like a distant possibility here when all of this fascism has been presented as a mere "difference of opinion" that much of the public supports, either actively or inactively.

But I'd love to see it.

[bobandrileysmom]

2. Retired from the formerly sane DHS

Started when it was still US Customs. Back in the olden days, if you applied and lived in the north, you were assigned to the southern borders and visa versa. Kept everyone relatively honest (always a few bad apples). It took a year or more for the background and psychological checks. Then there was six weeks at the Academy. Rudimentary Spanish was mandatory for everyone. And you were expected to flesh that out to fluency (with help, of course). This all changed after we came under the DHS umbrella, which was a cluster fark from the beginning. No more having to change from the border you were from. No more transfers to other sites to keep one honest. Want to stay at the southern border for 20 years? That’s cool now. Tough? Yeah. It was supposed to be. How is DHS Barbie supposed to keep all the felons, nutcases, those unwilling to do their jobs in a sane manner, the easily corruptible from going hog wild? Oh, they’re supposed to be jackbooted thugs. I forgot for a moment.

[chowder66]

3. Indoctrination.

[twodogsbarking]

4. I can't remember which city but an ICE facility was torched. I call that the first.

[twodogsbarking]

5. No age limit. Like being President or Senator.

[cstanleytech]

7. Hitler Youth anybody?

[BigmanPigman]

16. That was my first thought, too.

[Polybius]

18. I'm more thinking old dudes

By no age limit, they aren't talking about the youth.

[cstanleytech]

19. Give them time, they'll get there.

[DBoon]

8. is this anticipating the end of Social Security?

A way for seniors to make a living when they have no retirement income?

Or maybe fore Medicaid recipients to be immigration enforcement Nazis?

[joanbarnes]

9. Should us older people join and let everyone go?

[Irish_Dem]

26. Same thought here. Join the gestapo and late at night let the concentration camp prisoners go free.

[dweller]

10. This makes me believe

They didn’t get a hefty response to exorbitant salaries and yuuuge bonuses that were offered …
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[Marthe48]

15. Robbing the cradle and the grave

To kidnap victims

[Skittles]

17. raising the age, poaching from FEMA, offering big bonues

sounds like these fascist fucks are having difficulty finding people

[tblue37]

20. Another DU thread says they got 80,000 applicants.

[Skittles]

21. hard to believe

if they are so overwhelmed with applications, why all the antics?

[oasis]

22. I'm guessing 3/4 of applicants won't qualify.

Drugs, criminal record , dumb as shit.

[Skittles]

23. strange

I would have thought the only qualification needed was to be a Trump humping racist.

[oasis]

24. Can't have too many Kyle Rittenhouse dimwits

with badges running around. There would be a flood of questionable incidents w/ plenty of bystander video documentation.

[Skittles]

25. as long as the victims are THOSE PEOPLE

repukes DO NOT GIVE A SHIT

[Justice Brandeis]

27. I'm sure they'll get the best and the brightest kids

Future astronauts, engineers, doctors, etc.

[Justice Brandeis]

28. How exactly will that work?

Some 13-year-old kid is going to be an ICE agent and expect to be taken seriously as an authority figure?

[raccoon]

29. What would you expect from a psycho who shot her own dog?