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Now that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget is larger than those for most of the worlds militaries, theyve got plenty of money sloshing around to hire 10,000 new agents, which will surely allow them to ratchet up arrests of harmless day laborers at Home Depot. But how to find those 10,000 new hires? ICE seems to be starting by begging retirees to come back.
A recruitment page on ICEs website features the obligatory scowling Uncle Sam. Retired ICE agents who return are eligible for up to $50,000 in bonuses and can still receive their basic federal retirement annuity. In other words, for these rehires, taxpayers will be paying:
Their base salary, which starts at $105,000 for ICE criminal investigators and nearly $89,000 for deportation officers.
Federal health care benefits.
Base federal retirement annuity.
A stratospheric hiring bonus of up to $50,000.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/22/2334457/-ICE-is-paying-retirees-big-bucks-to-come-back-and-terrorize-immigrants

flying_wahini
(8,126 posts)Hugin
(36,632 posts)I dont know how they can promise that it wont affect an annuity and that carrot of a $50,000 bonus is already in Trumps pocket.
So, when this shit show finally comes to its catastrophic head, unless you enjoy explaining to a very stern faced civil court that you were just following orders
Dont do it.
Theres only one man who has immunity and he wont have your back.
1WorldHope
(1,452 posts)I had an old guy, a volunteer i believe, at a veterans evaluation office say he just read that most Mexicans hate America and can't wait to leave. I was shocked. I asked if he was reading faux news. He said he wasn't. I told him all the Mexicans I know love this country, but some are choosing to self deport so they won't end up in these cruel detention centers. He also believed that LA was having terrible violent riots and that was why the military was there. I had to tell him the protests were peaceful for the most part and it wasn't the Mexicans protesting, it was regular Americans saying this had to stop. He said he had a friend that lived in LA who told him it was just terrible there. He was a decent old man who had been terribly misinformed. He acknowledged the Florida detection center was horrible but somehow that didn't make him stop and ask questions.