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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alexandra Villarreal

ICE plans $100m yearlong ‘wartime recruitment’ media blitz to attract new agents

ICE is offering a $50,000 signing bonus as well as up to $60,000 in student loan forgiveness for new hires.
ICE is offering a $50,000 signing bonus as well as up to $60,000 in student loan forgiveness for new hires. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly planned a $100m, one-year media blitz for what it’s calling “wartime recruitment”, targeting conservative radio show listeners, gun rights aficionados, military affairs followers and men’s interests enthusiasts – among others in the Maga-verse – for jobs in the Trump administration’s next phase of its mass deportation campaign.

“Want to deport illegals with your absolute boys?” one of the agency’s ads says, directing interested readers to apply.

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