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A journalist claims she was offered a job ice After an interview that lasted less than six minutes, she was not required to sign “institutional documents,” despite Department of Homeland Security Dispute her story.
slate Journalist Laura Jedeed talks about her experience Visit the ICE Career Expo event Last August, the Arlington Esports Arena near Dallas, Texas, was offering on-site recruiting for eviction officers.
Jadeed joined the Army after high school and deployed twice to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division before serving as a civilian analyst.
But the 38-year-old is a critic of Trump and describes herself as “anti-ICE,” which she believes will cost her her chances of running if she comes under scrutiny.
However, after making an appointment with a recruiting officer and joining the short queue, she claims the interviewer only asked about her name, date of birth and age, whether she had any law enforcement or military experience, and her discharge from the military.
Jadid said the officer then told her: “They are prioritizing current enforcement first. They will adjudicate your resume.” She was told to keep an eye out for an email advising her of next steps.
Before leaving, she spoke to a working deportation officer, who told her it was unlikely she would be “on the streets right away” if she was hired.
Jadeed claimed to have noticed a “change in attitude” in the officer when he suggested she might be better suited to a desk job, saying the officer told her: “Frankly, our goal is to have as many guns and badges in the field as possible.”
The reporter said she received the promised email on Sept. 3, which suggested she had received a “tentative offer” and directed her to log into the job site and return additional forms that asked for information about her driver’s license and any prior domestic violence convictions, as well as consent to a background check.
Jadid said she did not complete any of the necessary steps, but received a follow-up email three weeks later thanking her for proceeding and asking her to submit to a drug test.
She did so and logged on to the job site nine days later.
“Somehow, despite never submitting any of the paperwork they sent me — not a background check or identifying information, not a domestic violence affidavit, nothing — ICE apparently offered me a job,” she claimed.
The website claims she accepted the final offer and started work on September 30, being assigned to her home state of New York.
“On the surface, I am an eviction officer,” Jadid wrote. “Without a single signature on agency documents, ICE officially hired me.”
She claims the website also listed her as having passed the physical fitness test and background check on October 6, even though it was only October 3. She ultimately turned down the position.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told independent: “Applicants may receive a tentative selection letter after their initial application and interview, which is not a job offer. ICE has never made a job offer to this individual.”
independent ICE has also been contacted for further comment.
Jadid concluded by warning those who oppose the federal agency not to take comfort in the “sloppiness” of its hiring process.
“My experience suggests that the truth may be scarier,” she wrote. “ICE’s hiring efforts are so sloppy that the government doesn’t actually know who is joining the agency’s ranks.
“None of us have any idea who the nation is arming, tasked with the most sensitive law enforcement, and then putting into the streets of America.”
before president Donald Trump A year before ICE took office, it counted about 10,000 agents.
Thanks to a hiring spree, the company will add another 12,000 employees in 2025, which, as Jadeed noted, means it now has more new hires than old ones to oversee a major cultural shift in its operations.
