Summary
People are applying for jobs with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of a big recruitment effort by the Department of Homeland Security. The agency aims to hire thousands of new staff to help with immigration enforcement, following funds approved by Congress. At a job fair in Utah, hundreds of applicants showed interest in positions to assist with deportations.
Key Facts
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recruiting for ICE and other federal roles.
- Congress has approved funding to hire 10,000 new ICE employees.
- ICE wants to deport around one million people each year but faces challenges due to a lack of personnel.
- Over 1,500 people registered for a DHS job fair in Utah, and 500 received temporary job offers.
- About 370 of these offers were for roles in ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations.
- Currently, ICE has about 20,000 employees, with 6,000 involved in deportation operations.
- ICE has received more than 150,000 job applications nationwide and offered 18,000 tentative positions.
- DHS reported a 1,000% increase in threats to ICE officers, but recruitment was not negatively affected.
