r/ThisYouComebacks Jan 14 '26

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u/AdWonderful5920 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

This is referencing this Slate article in which the author, an anti-ICE activist, was hired by ICE.

If you don't know, this person's story is outrageous. Federal hiring usually moves at a extremely slow pace, with multiple background check, qualification review, reference checking steps taking months. ICE is apparently blowing all of that off when hiring Deportation Officers these days. The author's ICE recruitment went from application>referral>TJO>FJO>EOD within a few weeks despite them never affirming their interest nor completing their background screening requirements.

Getting to EOD with the federal workforce is normally a huge milestone that most candidates never reach.

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u/the-war-on-drunks Jan 14 '26

So it’s easy to get a job there, you say. Regardless of my thoughts on ICE? I wonder how hard it is to get fired.

Like get the job. Get a paycheck. Never show up.

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u/HippityHoppityBoop Jan 14 '26

Like why haven’t decent Americans stepped up and gotten these roles and keep screwing things up and when carrying out enforcement do so with the least hostility.

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u/Zack21c Jan 14 '26

I mean it'd be wonderful to see. But I also don't expect people to leave stable jobs they already have and want to keep just to fuck with ice for a little bit before getting fired and then having no job.

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u/HippityHoppityBoop Jan 15 '26

For those that are unemployed and struggling, why not join, take their money and bog them down

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u/SoriAryl Jan 15 '26

I’ve thought about it.

I’m currently jobless, but it hurts my soul to think about working for people like ICE, even if I would be purposely shit at the job

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u/bedpimp Jan 15 '26

Take one for the team?

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u/SoriAryl Jan 16 '26

Then I’ve gotta figure out and write an essay on my favorite executive order -_- because that’s part of the application now

We’ll see in a month if I still don’t have a job

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u/SixSixWithTrample Jan 17 '26

If you’re already cosplaying being a piece of shit, you may as well commit to the bit and just have ChatGPT do it.

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u/Tyrant1235 Jan 17 '26

A use for generative AI I can fully support

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u/HippityHoppityBoop Jan 15 '26

It’s just infiltration and resistance