When President Donald Trump ran for reelection, one of his consistent campaign promises involved illegal immigration. "On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out," he pledged.
One of the efforts made to accomplish this goal was staffing up. With a big boost in funding, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made a big hiring pitch, spending millions of dollars on fancy new trucks and SUVs and offering potential recruits high starting salaries and signing bonuses up to $50,000. In January of this year, ICE bragged that in just a few months, it had more than doubled its ranks, from 10,000 to 22,000 officers and agents.
