cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/41446364

Despite a historic recruitment drive that added 12,000 agents in recently, the agency’s administrative backbone appears to be buckling, with employees desperate enough to turn to the Reddit to detail their struggles.

In raw, unfiltered Reddit posts now spreading beyond law-enforcement circles, ICE officers describe going a month or more without a paycheque, struggling to secure medical cover for sick children, and watching promised bonuses quietly stall.

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    20 hours ago

    I can understand that desparation. That they turned to working for ice? Fuck, I have been homeless first. The economy sucks and they made the mistake of believing Krasnov

    • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      Being homeless doesn’t help your sick kid though, only makes it worse. I would do everything but join ice but if I did, I would not be doing my job at all.