ICE has received over 100,000 job applications in roughly two weeks amid the Trump administration’s push to hire 10,000 new immigration enforcement agents.
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FIRSTONFOX:Morethan100,000AmericanshaveappliedforroleswithU.S.ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE)sincetheorganizationbeganarecruitingdriveattheendoflastmonth,theDepartmentofHomelandSecuritytoldFoxNewsDigital.
PresidentDonaldTrump’sadministrationlaunchedadrivetohire10,000additionalICEagentsattheendofJuly,offeringincentivestocandidatesandremovingcertainlimitsonwhocanapply.Thetotalnumberofapplicantshasnoweclipsed100,000inbarelytwoweeks.Theagencyhadreceived80,000applicantsasofAugust6.
“OurcountryiscallingyoutoserveatICE.InthewakeoftheBidenadministration’sfailedimmigrationpolicies,yourcountryneedsdedicatedmenandwomenofICEtogettheworstoftheworstcriminalsoutofourcountry,”DHSSecretaryKristiNoemtoldFoxNewsDigitalinastatement.“Thisisadefiningmomentinournation’shistory.Yourskills,yourexperience,andyourcouragehaveneverbeenmo
