I know who is joining ICE... We've seen them countless times being their true selves before...

[ihaveaquestion]

It's clear to me that the thugs who want to be ICE agents are folks who in previous times would have been quickly rejected or ousted from law enforcement or military positions because of their hateful rhetoric, or criminal behavior. They have been waiting with baited breath to "stick it to us lousy filthy liberal commie fa&&ots" ... to "give us what we deserve" ... and "show us our place." ICE has given them their chance to live out their dreams and they don't care about any criticism from media, clergy or government representative. They are LOVING it!

There are many more of them out there, too, cheering at the FOX reports of the latest ICE outrage. They download the videos of protesters being beaten, pepper-sprayed, gassed, and killed, so they can watch them over and over and over again. As they watch, they literally are jumping up and down and cheering like they're watching a football game. Then they are applying to ICE for their chance to do these things themselves.

It's sometimes hard to remember that there are these people out there, but they are always around somewhere.

Call your Senator. Tell him/her not to allow more funding of ICE. Leave a message if you must. Some intern will listen to it and tally it up to tell the Senator how many are against what ICE is doing. Do it today. Please!

[Scrivener7]

1. I wish I could link it here, but I can't remember where I saw it. But there was a journalist

who went through the process of joining ICE. She put truthful information down, which should have indicated that she was completely inappropriate for the job. Next thing she knew, after just filling out a form and without any face to face or phone or zoom contact, she was given her start date and place and salary information.

That is who we are getting.

Pro Publica did a study and found huge percentages of applicants who couldn't read properly.

[ihaveaquestion]

3. I saw that story too. ICE assumed that she wanted to get right out there and bash some heads or something.

[mwmisses4289]

10. Someone on the web started doing a list

of the ice hires (info was leaked, contained three or four thousand ice hires) and cross referenced them with publicly available police records, and found that a good many of them had records for everything from petty theft to child porn and violent assault. Missed the link to the info.
These folks are just...I don't know. Out of what little mind they had. Gods help us all.

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Was it from Slate magazine?

If so, here's the link:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-recruitment-minneapolis-shooting.html

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We’re all finding out.

[ihaveaquestion]

16. That's it! Thanks!

[Bobstandard]

21. Call the Capitol switchboard: [phone]

Leave a message! It’s fast, it’s satisfying!

[Ocelot II]

2. These are the misfits who spent half their adolescence in juvie, who couldn't get laid

if they walked into a brothel with a wheelbarrow full of $100 bills, the angry bullies, the resentful incels, the guys who wanted a job where they could boss people around and hurt them but neither the military nor the police academies would take them. They're too dumb for the Mafia and too chickenshit for the Hell's Angels. Trump's Gestapo is perfect for them.

[Abstractartist]

4. Arizona DA

Arizona DA said she thinks “Stand Your Ground” law may be in effect if an armed, masked person not identifying themselves accosted you.

Let’s see if others follow.

[FakeNoose]

14. The ICE-goons are always together in groups, for a reason

They protect one another while they assault American citizens. If a citizen should happen to pull out a (legal) weapon in order to protect himself, then one ICE-goon gets shot but 47 others will immediately kill the shooter. Plus any other citizens who might be standing around in the same area. This is exactly the confrontation they are trying to provoke.

Chump sent them to Minneapolis to provoke this shooting of innocent victims. Of course people are outraged and now they're holding angry protest rallies. More ICE-goons are brought in, with a predictable increase in confrontations. Bingo! Now Chump gets to push the magic button and declare martial law under the Insurrection Act.

The whole point is to get to martial law, because that's the only way Chump can call off the midterm elections. He's been aiming for this all along. "Vote for me in 2024, and you'll never have to vote again."

If you consult your history books, Adolf Hitler never won a national election in Germany. He was appointed in 1933 and 6 months later, he declared martial law throughout Germany after the suspiciously-caused Reichstags Fire. There wasn't another election in Germany until WWII was over in 1945.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. "Do I get to carry a gun? ...I'm in."

The only perk of the job that would be better is if they could drive their Ford truck as they roll coal past the protestors.

[Midnight Writer]

6. I worked with a guy who quit his good-paying job of 20 years to take a job as a security guard.

The security job paid about half of his regular job and had zero benefits: no insurance, no vacation, no sick leave, no holidays.

But he was as giddy as a child to take this job.

I asked him why he was taking the security guard job and he replied "I get to carry a gun and a badge. That's all I care about."

He was also an outspoken racist and he had been in trouble at work for groping women co-workers.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Tourists and Patriotic Types

“I remember every detail. The Proud Boys wore orange hats. You wore blue.”

ETA: Sorry, Midnight Writer! Did not mean to post in reply, but as part of OP. I’m old or sumpin’.

[AverageOldGuy]

8. So they can "own the libs" . . . .

[Spazito]

9. Here's an article from the CBC (/Canada Broadcasting Corporation) on ICE...

ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say

At first glance, there may not appear to be anything unusual about the social media posts that are part of the ongoing recruitment drive by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The posts, which encourage Americans to join ICE, use the same aggressively patriotic imagery that’s become a hallmark of the Trump administration’s online communications.

But to observers of the far-right, and to members of the far-right themselves, there is something else that is recognizable in the language of the posts.

snip

The post echoed a meme popular among right-wing influencers, who use the phrase "Which way, Western man?" to illustrate a choice between an image meant to represent liberal values and an image representing their own preferred option.

But the phrase itself is taken from the title of a 700-page antisemitic nonfiction book written by William Gayley Simpson and published by a neo-Nazi press in the late 1970s.

much more

https://www.cbc.ca/news/ice-recruiting-9.7058294

[ihaveaquestion]

15. Thanks for this... I neglected to note the overtly racist aspect of these people...

They don't just want to stick it to the libs... They openly speak of killing blacks and other non-whites, though they tolerate some Hispanics who join them in their bigotry.

Side note: I'm baffled by their tolerance of Kash Patel as FBI chief. Maybe someone can shed some light on this?

[JI7]

11. George Zimmerman Types

And it's not like most law enforcement agencies have such high standards. So to be rejected by them especially shows what losers they are.

[DinahMoeHum]

13. Too chickenshit for the real military. . .

. . .too dumbshit for real law enforcement.

[Joinfortmill]

17. Yeah, and they can all go fuck off!

[UTUSN]

18. K&R

[TommieMommy]

19. Exactly

[wils3038]

20. The Barn

These are the same people who were in the barn in Mississippi when Emmitt Till was beaten and murdered, they’re the same people who joined the America First party to support Hitler and fascism in the thirties, they are the same people who attended lynchings and cheered it on. They have always been here. Trump just gave them permission to come out from under their rocks into the daylight. Unfortunately, it is sending America and Democracy into the darkness!

[King_Klonopin]

22. What I see are psychopaths

My observations and conclusions:

These are all angry, violent, white men who lack a conscience.
"Sociopaths with badges" which makes them extremely dangerous.
They have been given permission to hunt human beings.
They have been instructed to be cruel, cause harm, and hunt human beings.
This is now the obvious policy of our fascist governmental agencies (POTUS, DOJ, DHS, FBI, ICE, SCOTUS)
The human beings they are hunting are "liberals", minorities, immigrants, LGBQT folks --
specifically, the people they detest, who stand in their way, and expose their corruption and evil.

They desire domination and to impose their will on those whom they hate.
They do not avoid violence or try to prevent it.
There is an element of sadism and "abuser mentality" in their behavior.
They welcome the opportunity for violence and to murder with impunity.
They escalate situations rather than defusing them.
AND, like true sociopaths, they malign and blame their victims.

They lack empathy for other people.
They are not burdened by guilt or remorse.
They are only averse to consequences and accountability for their wrongs . . .
Which is why they wear masks!!
If the job they were performing were such a noble task, why do they want to hide their faces?
You would think they would welcome the recognition, praise, and support.
But the opposite is true.

They are not champions and heroes.
They are not welcomed into any community.
They hide their faces because they NEED TO BE ANONYMOUS and UNIDENTIFIABLE.
I would not be surprised to discover that they joke about their criminality
or that they have an informal bounty system.

There are at least two ICE agents who should be in jail awaiting trial for second degree murder --
under hate crime statutes.
There are hundreds of ICE agents who are guilty of felony assault and civil rights violations.
BUT nothing is being done by the institutions responsible for enforcing the law
because those institutions are corrupt and rotten to the core.
Nothing is being done to protect lives . . . the opposite is being promoted.
No human being would treat another human being in this fashion -- especially children!
We need to move quickly through our shock and disbelief, and move into anger and action.

ICE IS HUNTING HUMAN BEINGS.
ICE IS HUNTING HUMAN BEINGS.
ICE IS HUNTING HUMAN BEINGS.

[Upthevibe]

23. Kick. N/T

[Initech]

24. Ronnie Chieng nailed it last week.

This wasn't by accident, it was by design. ICE, under the supervision of Kristi Noem, ran recruitment ads in places like Steam, UFC, MAGA YouTube channels and podcasts, WWE fights and so on. They attracted people who were already attracted to violence. It's a classic cause and effect scenario.