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Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 days ago by FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Supercharged by billions in dollars from Congress, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has hired thousands of new officers to carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign in an effort it has likened to “wartime recruitment”. In several states, Democratic lawmakers want applicants to think twice about taking part.

Bills introduced in recent weeks in the legislatures of at least four Democratic-led states would impose long-term consequences on new ICE employees by rendering them ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education, and, in their most expansive form, the entire state civil service.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This could be significant if it manages to pass in a few of these states, as the blue team controls more than a third of the US states.

I'd love to see it.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

it would pack a huge punch too because all blue states are blue because they have tiny metropolitan blue pockets that are more populated than the rest of the state.

although i fear another january 6th because they're going to fired after trump leaves office; stuck with repaying for the incentives that they were given when they signed up; shunned by the people who knew that they belonged to ice and leaving only other racists as people who they can form human connections with.