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Tell Congress: Investigate DHS White Supremacist Recruitment

ICE used white supremacist memes to recruit agents — and people with white supremacist tattoos and extremist ties have already made it into the ranks.

New reporting shows official government accounts pushed ICE recruitment material using Nazi-linked slogans, far-right propaganda, and imagery an extremism expert called “flat-out white supremacist.”

ICE agents carry badges. They carry weapons. They raid homes, detain immigrants, and help tear families apart. If white supremacists are getting that power, Congress must act immediately.

Trump officials recently bragged about a hiring spree that brought in 220,000 applications and added roughly 12,000 officers — more than doubling ICE’s force within a few short months.

How did they pull it off? By gutting safeguards. Training was reportedly cut from 13 weeks to six, the maximum age cap was lifted, the college degree requirement was scrapped, and recruits were offered $50,000 signing bonuses — all while fast-track systems failed to catch obvious warning signs.

DHS leadership is responsible. Officials chose extremist-coded recruitment, rushed hiring, and weakened safeguards while expanding one of the most abusive law enforcement agencies in the country.

Immigrant communities should not have to fear that the person kicking down the door is a white supremacist with a badge. Congress must act to stop it.

Thanks for all that you do,
Matt from the Swarm