ICE is dialing up recruitment w/ a "Defend the Homeland" campaign after gaining $75B from Trump & Congress. "We are now firmly into break-the-glass territory," says @radleybalko.bsky.social. Fascism expert Jason Stanley warns about the “ideological cover” needed for the “moral injury” of the job.
‘Firmly into break the glass territory’: ICE ramps up recruitment and the job requirement is MAGA
Uncle Sam wants you - to deport undocumented immigrants? To "defend your culture"? The Department of Homeland Security is ramping up ICE recruitment with their "Defend the Homeland" campaign. DHS has dropped the age and education requirements, and is throwing cash incentives at applicants - no experience needed. It's becoming clear that this is not about border security. Award-winning journalist Randy Balko argues Americans should be alarmed, "we are explicitly creating a paramilitary for Trump.” University of Toronto’s Dr. Jason Stanley shares his concern and is worried about the impact the job will have on the new inexperienced agents, “what they are doing will affect them for their whole lives…it's brutal work.”
