{"id":51814,"date":"2025-08-05T01:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=51814"},"modified":"2025-08-05T01:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:40:28","slug":"nearly-78000-new-applicants-flood-ice-recruitment-to-help-crack-down-on-illegal-immigration-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=51814","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 78,000 New Applicants Flood ICE Recruitment to Help Crack Down on Illegal Immigration (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/screenshot-2025-08-04-at-6.55.13pm-1200x630.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/screenshot-2025-08-04-at-6.55.13pm-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a scorching new development under the Trump-backed ICE reign, Acting Director Todd Lyons confidently announced that \u201cwe have almost 78,000 applicants since we opened up,\u201d referring to the agency\u2019s massive recruitment surge launched just one week prior.<\/p>\n<p>This seismic surge in interest aligns with ICE\u2019s newly launched \u201cDefend the Homeland\u201d recruitment blitz, unveiled by the Department of Homeland Security on July 29, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>ICE is budgeting for 10,000 new agents, dangling $50,000 signing bonuses, student\u2011loan forgiveness, enhanced overtime pay, and upgraded retirement plans to attract recruits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/07\/29\/dhs-launches-defend-homeland-nationwide-recruit-patriots-join-ice-law-enforcement\">press release:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today launched a new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) campaign to recruit brave and heroic Americans to join ICE as federal law enforcement agents and remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from America\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYour country is calling you to serve at ICE. In the wake of the Biden administration\u2019s failed immigration policies, your country needs dedicated men and women of ICE to get the worst of the worst criminals out of our country,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>said\u00a0<strong>Secretary Kristi Noem<\/strong>.\u00a0<em>\u201cThis is a defining moment in our nation\u2019s history. Your skills, your experience, and your courage have never been more essential. Together, we must defend the homeland.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To support this effort,\u00a0<strong>ICE is offering a robust package of federal law enforcement incentives, including:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>A maximum $50,000 signing bonus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Student loan repayment and forgiveness options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) for HSI Special Agents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUI) for Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Deportation Officers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Enhanced retirement benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Backed by significant new funding through the recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE is rolling out patriotic recruitment posters and benefits to attract the next generation of law enforcement professionals to find, arrest, and remove criminal illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the Fox interview, Todd Lyons delivered the incredible news.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have almost 78,000 applicants since we opened up. We\u2019re going through and finding those people who really want to serve the country and truly be in law enforcement. I think it\u2019s a great way to recruit now.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re taking back our re-hired annuitants \u2014 people who left the job early because they weren\u2019t allowed to do the law enforcement mission.<\/p>\n<p>But we have so many people who are now interested in working with ICE because, under Secretary Nome\u2019s leadership, they\u2019re seeing that we have a viable law enforcement partner in the community. You\u2019re actually out making a difference. We\u2019re really ecstatic about seeing the increase in new recruits who are applying.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5>WATCH:<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">10,000 MORE OFFICERS: Your country is calling on YOU to serve at ICE.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3c7b0Ry86A\">https:\/\/t.co\/3c7b0Ry86A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ChJW7eUxt9\">pic.twitter.com\/ChJW7eUxt9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICEgov\/status\/1952386176934985773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/08\/wow-nearly-78000-new-applicants-flood-ice-recruitment\/\">Nearly 78,000 New Applicants Flood ICE Recruitment to Help Crack Down on Illegal Immigration (VIDEO)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a scorching new development under the Trump-backed ICE reign, Acting Director Todd Lyons confidently announced that \u201cwe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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