It’s intriguing how jobs appear in this world. Forty years ago there was no such thing as a Social Media Director. Yet nowadays a great many companies have that position and it is an important one. Now the big new position is Deportation Officer. Fat signing bonuses, help with educational loans, wow. Who knew that throwing people into concentration camps could be so lucrative, right? This is who we are in 2025. Here’s Stephen Miller’s poster.
Stephen Miller just posted this. $50,000 of taxpayers money for a signing bonus. pic.twitter.com/2gW0WjH6cI
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 4, 2025
The BBC reports US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is offering recruitment bonuses of up to $50,000 (£37,700) and student loan help to “brave and heroic” Americans interested in helping with the Trump administration’s deportation drive.
The agency is specifically hoping to recruit deportation officers, along with attorneys, criminal investigators, student visa adjudicators and other roles.
In total, ICE hopes to add 10,000 new personnel, doubling the agency’s headcount as it ramps up deportations across the country.
The funding for the recruitment drive comes from approximately $165bn allocated for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill.
As part of a new recruitment drive announced on 29 July, DHS unveiled recruitment posters akin to those used during World War Two, with the words “America Needs You” and “Defend the Homeland” with images of Uncle Sam, President Trump, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem and other officials.
“Your country is calling you to serve at ICE,” Noem said in a statement. “This is a defining moment in our nation’s history.”
In addition to the signing bonus and student loan repayment and forgiveness of up to $60,000, ICE is promising potentially hefty overtime pay for deportation officers and “enhanced retirement benefits”.
The students loans offer comes as millions of people signed up for a Biden-era relief payment plan will start seeing interest accrue to their accounts starting on Friday.
Deportation officers, who would be tasked with helping apprehend and process undocumented migrants for removal from the US, receive salaries of between $49,739 and $89,528 per year, depending on experience and education.
An image accompanying the job description for the role includes armed officers riding in an armoured vehicle.
ICE currently has 20,000 officers and support personnel, spread across the country at 400 offices.
Stephen Miller will have his own militia stationed all over the country soon. What could possibly go wrong?
take the money and run!
I can’t even believe this! This is robbery, plain and simple: taking taxpayer money to recruit ICE thugs with seldom seen benefits! Just what tRump’s disgruntled MAGAs need to see! This has to be illegal and unconstitutional, not to mention just plain SICK!