You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-recruitment-minneapolis-shooting.html
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You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

The author recounts her experience applying to be an ICE agent, revealing a recruitment process so lax that she was offered a job despite her public anti-ICE stance and failure to complete required paperwork. This sloppiness raises concerns about who is being armed and deployed as law enforcement, potentially leading to dangerous and unchecked actions.

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it's very difficult to believe such a story is true.

and yet, it's not difficult to believe that a doubling of this agency is and has cost american's too much for too little.

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2026

Summary

The author recounts her experience applying to be an ICE agent, revealing a recruitment process so lax that she was offered a job despite her public anti-ICE stance and failure to complete required paperwork. This sloppiness raises concerns about who is being armed and deployed as law enforcement, potentially leading to dangerous and unchecked actions.

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