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Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs (www.theguardian.com)
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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* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think more than a few people asked a similar question about Al Capone, but Elliott Ness and friends were forced to operate within the realistic parameters they were stuck with, so they got him on tax evasion instead of murder and racketeering.