ICE's Hiring Spree Targets Retired Federal Workers | JQJO

ICE is on a major hiring spree, recruiting retired federal workers with a $50,000 signing bonus and continued pension benefits. This initiative aims to bolster enforcement, legal, and investigative units to meet a goal of 1 million deportations annually, a target set by the Trump administration. The agency is facing challenges in growing its workforce, despite offering significant incentives and receiving a substantial budget increase. Experts warn that this focus on enforcement could worsen the existing backlog of immigration cases.