I had heard they were having trouble recruiting. Hopefully this is a further sign of that.
Amazing how even providing $50k in signing bonuses, paying up to six figures, "enhanced" benefits (whatever that means), and waiving student loans in this economy STILL isn't enough for them to find people.
A lot of candidates probably balk at the thought of becoming SS-like goons because ya know, morals...
And even those without any morals probably reckon Trump and his fascist henchmen won't always be there, and then they'll be held accountable for what they did during the Trump regime.
That's also why ICE wants to hire teenagers: kids often don't think things through and are more easily manipulated.
That's why military recruiters target highschools.
And lie to the high schoolers. Get everything in writing kids, don't believe a word they say.
im going to hazard a guess, that the 50k bonus wont be upfront, but for an extended amount of time. they are probably not going to end up honoring it in the end.
Art of the Deal: Make a deal, then renege.
There's a giant asterisk on their website where it says the "up to 50k in bonuses" but it doesn't actually have anywhere that explains what the asterisk actually means (like the terms of the benefit and bonus eligibility).
That asterisk definitely should just read: "you're definitely not getting 50k, this is a blatant lie and you're gonna get fucked like the rest of Donnie's little helpers"
Wait, $50k sign on? Oh your God.
hope it sticks to their resumes like cancer
This sucks, but also it gives me a sliver of happiness that they couldn't find enough candidates given previous criteria.
And they got themselves their very own Hitler Youth
Towards the end there for Hitler, he could only get the Hitler youth and old people left to fight for him.
So are we just going to start up the ICE draft next?
I’ll shut up before they start getting ideas.
Idk. They want loyalists but they're putting a lot of money on the table. I'm not sure what meta they're following. I'm honestly a little surprised they couldn't find enough white supremacists to join up - It's like the military, but you stay in the country? I thought racists would jump on that.
I don't think they'd draft me. I'm their political enemy, I'd be used for slave labor
There are a LOT of horrible people in this country, but not as many as it seems. They're just hugely overrepresented in the government.
Never been more thankful to just be diagnosed with heelspurs less than 2 weeks ago.
They'd better be prepared for a lot of Full Metal Jacket incidents if they do.
I'm glad we CUT VA Benefits and Social Security for this!
For anyone else questioning the source…I fully understand. Why they don’t link to the official website is beyond me but someone has to fact check, because the writers at Newsweek are less than mediocre (at best).
I take it that there aren't as many xenophobic, cruel and morally bankrupt people around in the U.S. to swell the ranks of ICE as they would have hoped.
Here's hoping the Republican voter base is terminally-online keyboard warriors just like me 🍻
it’s ridiculously unsettling how American headlines are so frequently indistinguishable from parody
Hitler's Youth
Release the Epstein files
Trump likes them young. No question about it.
Hiring gooners for goons
Huh?
gotta get those proudboys
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