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ICE Begins Massive Recruitment Push with $50,000 Bonuses as Police Warn of Staffing Threat
- On July 29, 2025, Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, launched a recruitment drive urging Americans to join ICE as part of efforts to strengthen immigration enforcement.
- The call follows Congress passing the One Big Beautiful Bill granting ICE $76.5 billion over five years for staffing, detention, and deportation capacity expansion.
- The campaign offers up to $50,000 signing bonuses, loan assistance, and enhanced benefits to attract thousands of deportation officers, lawyers, and investigators.
- ICE aims to hire 10,000 new staff to support a goal of one million deportations annually and increase detention capacity from 41,500 to 100,000 beds.
- Former ICE chief of staff Jason Houser warned that relaxing hiring standards could lead to significant staff attrition and that rapid agency growth may affect local police recruitment.
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ICE Expands Hiring Under Trump Immigration Agenda
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons announced the agency is hiring at an “extreme high rate,” signaling an aggressive push to rebuild enforcement capability under President Trump. With plans to recruit thousands of personnel, Lyons emphasized a commitment to restoring ICE’s operational strength. Lyons described ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations — “the deportation side and the fugitive side” — as “decimated” during the previous administration. …
The recruitment effort includes a $50,000 signing bonus and potential student loan repayment.
Sheriff slams ICE efforts to poach local officers amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
President Trump continues to receive backlash over his immigration crackdown. ICE’s latest recruitment push to poach local officers, which includes a $50,000 signing bonus and student loan forgiveness, is angering some local law enforcement leaders. Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd joins Chris Jansing to share his criticism, saying it “lacks professionalism.”
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