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$50,000 signing bonuses, $60,000 in student loan forgiveness: The Blitz to Hire ICE Officers [View all]
WSJ - Gift LinkUncle Sam. Miami Vice. When it comes to recruiting new Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the Trump administration is getting creative.
A social-media campaign launched late last month touted immigration enforcement as an opportunity for father-son bonding and to “deport illegals with your absolute boys,” a slang term for close friends. The Department of Homeland Security has invoked world-war-era imagery and touted 1990s Superman actor Dean Cain in an all-out blitz to persuade Americans they should join ICE’s ranks.
The federal government also offered hefty incentives: up to $50,000 in signing bonuses and up to $60,000 in student loan forgiveness. No undergraduate degree is required. DHS also lifted the age cap for law-enforcement roles, opening a deportation officer position specifically for people over 40, and tried to woo back retired law-enforcement officials with a “return to mission” campaign.
“America has been invaded by criminals and predators,” the agency says on its recruiting website. “We need YOU to get them out.”
President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill allocated more than $150 billion for immigration enforcement, kicking off a rapid effort to scale operations and fulfill his goal of carrying out the largest deportation effort in U.S. history.
A social-media campaign launched late last month touted immigration enforcement as an opportunity for father-son bonding and to “deport illegals with your absolute boys,” a slang term for close friends. The Department of Homeland Security has invoked world-war-era imagery and touted 1990s Superman actor Dean Cain in an all-out blitz to persuade Americans they should join ICE’s ranks.
The federal government also offered hefty incentives: up to $50,000 in signing bonuses and up to $60,000 in student loan forgiveness. No undergraduate degree is required. DHS also lifted the age cap for law-enforcement roles, opening a deportation officer position specifically for people over 40, and tried to woo back retired law-enforcement officials with a “return to mission” campaign.
“America has been invaded by criminals and predators,” the agency says on its recruiting website. “We need YOU to get them out.”
President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill allocated more than $150 billion for immigration enforcement, kicking off a rapid effort to scale operations and fulfill his goal of carrying out the largest deportation effort in U.S. history.
,000 signing bonuses; ,000 in student loan forgiveness
— Christopher Mims (@mims.bsky.social) 2025-08-17T12:22:37.243Z
ICE has launched an all-out recruiting blitz across social media to staff up as quickly as possible
Agency website declares: “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.â€
www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-...
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