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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Because abusing your fellow Americans sounds like fun?

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I reckon it does to some of these assholes, yeah. Plus they get to preboard flights!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I just read that they were hiring thousands of new ICE agents to round up illegals. Who do you think is going to sign up for that duty? And get paid for it, too? Not the best and brightest, we know that.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Part of the transition from a democratic government to an oppressive regime requires filling the military and police with only your supporters and thugs. This is all part of the plan.

[–] KumaSudosa@feddit.dk 1 points 4 days ago

I think many Westerners have forgotten the inherent power of the police force and the military even in national discourse. We've grown accustomed to them being, perhaps thugish , but not a threat to the societal order and, at least to a certain degree, to the liberties that we generally enjoy. Legitimacy and power ultimately stems from military force and the monopoly of violence, and USA is hearing towards Gilead.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/two-days-talking-to-people-looking-for-jobs-at-ice/

This is not what I'd call a "fun read", but it is a good one, and someone looked into this a bit.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Whoa.

But there were also a handful of women ICE applicants and a lot of men of color. The deportation officer applicant pool was, I felt, shockingly diverse—one might say it looked like America.

People attempting to hide in the belly of the beast, perhaps? I wonder how that's gonna work out.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Sadly a lot of US-born and raised Hispanics can be just as racist, if not more racist, against migrants and refugees as white Americans. In particular Mexicans and Chicanos (who represent a massive portion of Border Patrol cops) tend to not like each other.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I suspect many are just looking for a paycheck. ICE agents are slated to be pretty well paid from what I've read. We just handed over a historic amount of money to them as well, and even though I expect a large amount of institutional corruption, a significant percentage of it is going to go to personnel.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What’s an “illegal”, first of all. ;)

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

Anybody that Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller deems it.