Journalist Hired by ICE with No Background Check, Minimal Interview

ICE Recruitment Lapses

• 💡 An independent journalist, Laura Jedeed, recounts her experience applying for an ICE deportation officer position.
• 🎯 The hiring process involved a brief, six-minute interview at a job fair, with minimal questions asked.
• 🔑 Despite being a "googlable" person with public opposition to ICE and the Trump administration, Jedeed received a tentative offer.
• ⚠️ She never completed the required paperwork for a background check or accepted the offer, yet was later notified of a drug test.

Unprocessed Background Checks and Drug Tests

• 🔬 Jedeed discovered on the ICE hiring portal that her drug test was seemingly irrelevant and her background check was listed as completed in the future.
• 🚀 She was listed as having joined ICE and accepted the offer for a deportation officer role, despite not completing any of the necessary steps.
• 🧩 This suggests a significant lapse in the hiring process, where individuals may be hired without proper vetting.

Concerns Over Hiring Practices

• ⚠️ Jedeed likens ICE to the "Gestapo," citing concerns about armed, masked agents operating with impunity.
• 🚨 She highlights the potential danger of hiring individuals without thorough background checks, including those with histories of domestic violence or sex crimes.
• 📌 The lack of oversight raises questions about who is being hired and whether ICE is tracking who is a citizen or who needs to be deported.

Military Experience and Disillusionment

• 🎖️ Jedeed, a military veteran who served in Afghanistan, shared her disillusionment with the "war on terror."
• 💬 She spoke with an ICE agent who also joined out of high school, deployed, and became disillusioned, later finding law enforcement a path to assimilate.
• 🗣️ This agent expressed liking the work and feeling like he was getting instant results, a sentiment Jedeed finds sad and emblematic of a broader issue.

The "War on Terror" at Home

• 🏠 Jedeed argues that the tactics and language used in overseas conflicts have come home, creating a "national emergency."
• 🚔 She suggests that governors should call up the National Guard to protect citizens from those terrorizing the streets, implying ICE agents themselves are part of the problem.
• 📢 The focus seems to be on getting people on the streets with guns quickly, rather than ensuring they are properly vetted.