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As Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to increase its presence across the country, the agency is actively recruiting new agents to carry out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. The Onion breaks down how to join ICE.

STEP 1 Be born with something just…missing

STEP 2 Try deporting a few neighbors without the constitutional authority to do so, to see if it’s for you

STEP 3 Unlearn any secondary languages you may know

STEP 4 If filling out the application form presents a challenge, candidates may instead demonstrate how hard they can punch a dog

STEP 5 Undergo background check confirming at least one prior arrest for a violent crime

STEP 6 Click through six-step combat training module

STEP 7 Order police vest from www.costumecorner(dot)com

STEP 8 Grab gun from gun bucket

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How are they getting paid when Congress refuses to pass a budget?

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Knowing the kinda people who join ICE, they'll probably do it for free beer and a chance to kick a Latino.

Real answer though, the admin is giving them two months pay of residual cash they have, same as military and FBI, possibly via their ill gotten tariff gains: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/some-federal-law-enforcement-receive-pay-during-government-shutdown-2025-10-16/

It's actually prolonging the shutdown because Congress tends to cave in the moment the military doesn't get paid.