From Uncle Sam to social media memes: inside homeland security’s push to swell Ice ranks

The posts are part of the DHS’s push to quickly hire more than 10,000 new US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers. Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images

The pinned post on the X account of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is an image of Uncle Sam with the caption “We Need You.”

“America has been invaded by criminals and predators,” the post reads. “We need YOU to get them out.”