ICE Offers $50K Bonuses, Loan Forgiveness In Blitz To Hire 10,000 Deportation Officers

An opinion column argues ICE is executing a nationwide recruitment surge—offering up to $50,000 signing bonuses, student loan repayment, and waived age limits—to hire thousands of new agents. The author frames the push as institutionalizing mass interior deportations despite declining border encounters, with fiscal and political implications. Multiple outlets have reported the incentives and scale of hiring.