ICE Is Trying to Recruit Ex-Federal Workers With Big Bonuses

ICE is using part of its massive, unprecedented budget to pay new hires $50,000 bonuses.

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The increasingly militarized Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on a recruiting spree that includes bonuses of up to $50,000.

The agency this week publicly launched its recruitment plan, and is specifically targeting former government lawyers, according to an email received by a former Department of Justice employee and reviewed by NOTUS.

“We are issuing an urgent call to former federal Attorneys to join OPERATION RETURN TO MISSION (“RTM”),” the email reads. “We are significantly growing our ICE team — starting with bringing back our retired colleagues. RTM is being offered to retired employees who departed federal service in good standing.”