WASHINGTON – The service of Immigration and control of Customs United States (ICE) Plan practically duplicate its troops, after receiving more than 150,000 employment requests, the National Security Secretariat announced Tuesday (DHS) In a statement.
“ICE has received more than 150,000 requests from Patriots Americans,” said the statement, citing Secretary Kristi Noem.
“We have already issued more than 18,000 tentative job offers,” added the text.
That would mean practically doubling the current ICE force, which according to its own website is 21,000 officials, among agents on the ground and administrative staff.
The fight against illegal immigration is one of the struts of the second mandate of Republican Donald Trump.
Troop display
The president has signed a battery of presidential decrees, some pending judicial review, to prevent the entry of undocumented, mainly through the southern border.
The unprecedented deployment of troops over more than 3,000 km of border with Mexico has practically reduced illegal crosses, after four years of tickets of tickets under the previous presidency of Joe Biden.
At the same time, the DHS has deployed tens of thousands of ICE agents throughout the country, in an intense arrest campaign that includes raids in companies or public places.
These raids have been denounced by the defense organizations of undocumented immigrants and the Democratic opposition.
Supreme confirms ICE power
The Supreme Court confirmed last week that ICE can detain alleged undocumented from indications such as the language or physical appearance in certain neighborhoods of Los Angeles where the population is mostly foreign.
To support operations against illegal immigration, the Republican majority Congress recently approved a substantial budget package to increase ICE resources and border police.
ICE proposes attractive conditions to join your body of agents, according to the statement: an initial premium of up to $ 50,000, the possibility of requesting the condonation of studies loans or better retirement conditions.
The number of undocumented immigrants who managed to cross the border in recent years is the object of debate, but according to some specialists, more than 10 million undocumented people entered.
