If you’re over 37 with dreams of a career set on destroying the lives of immigrants in the United States, we have some news to share: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has eliminated the age limit for officers.
The move comes amid a series of recruitment efforts as the Trump administration scrambles to meet its mass deportation goals. As Julianne McShane writes, this already includes a signing bonus of up to $50,000, student loan repayment and forgiveness options, and “enhanced retirement benefits.”
In any other line of work, I’ve got to think that such incentives would be well received. (Hell, I might even consider a career switch!) But when it comes to ICE, despite whatever Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claims, the results have so far been disappointing. Morale at the agency is reportedly plummeting; the desperation is so acute that ICE is pulling federal workers from other agencies, including FEMA.
And after that brutal new episode of South Park? Oof. The mood can’t be great at ICE right now. Noem can at least be proud to have attracted one new recruit: a former...Superman.
—Inae Oh
