"In another time, the exposé of an extraordinarily lax hiring process at an agency tasked with keeping the nation safe would be of bipartisan concern. After all, if ICE is going to arm agents and send them out into America's streets, it should at least know whom it's sending. Even supporters of ICE's mission should want to know that the agency is hiring effective people to carry that mission out."
""This is such a lazy lie. This individual was NEVER offered a job at ICE," DHS said Wednesday through the administration's most official communication channel: X (formerly Twitter). "Applicants may receive a Tentative Selection Letter following their initial application and interview that is not a job offer. It just means they are invited to submit information for review, similar to any other applicant.""
A vocal online critic of ICE and the Trump administration applied for a job at ICE to test hiring practices, skipped several required application steps, and received an initial offer letter. The outcome exposes extremely lax vetting at an agency authorized to arm agents and operate domestically. Under different administrations, the incident would likely prompt bipartisan concern and internal investigation into whether the lapse was isolated or systemic. The Department of Homeland Security publicly denied that a job offer was made via X, describing the correspondence as a Tentative Selection Letter that invites applicants to submit additional information for review.
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