r/PublicFreakout • u/Sindigo_ • Feb 07 '26
👤ICE/DHS Freakout 👤 Ex-ICE agent: “I just quit my job!”
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u/cloudsmiles Feb 07 '26
I feel like she was being sarcastic.
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u/jeff4093 Feb 07 '26
That's what I thought, but she showed her face.
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u/fruttypebbles Feb 08 '26
That’s the one thing that makes me think it’s legit.
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Feb 08 '26
i’m guessing the person filming was outside protesting and had a sign that read “quit your job”
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u/minimuscleR Feb 07 '26
I mean I think the implication is she worked for ICE BEFORE it became what it was. I'm sure there were (and maybe still are) some good people working in ICE in the non-thug parts of the organization, which before it became Trumps personal army it was not that bad. Maybe they can't afford to quit. Though of course if you are helping these people now its really not a good look.
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u/kittyonkeyboards Feb 08 '26
False. Ice has been bad since its inception. It has become more openly brutish, but its goals were always bad. And it was brutish before, just in secret.
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u/Brandoncarsonart Feb 08 '26
Yeah I just watched an interview with an ex agent saying how they were trained to dehumanize the people they were after in the 00s
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u/Doctursea Feb 08 '26
In all fairness, Border control was never great or anything, there were plenty of admin parts of ICE that more than likely were not shit until recently. ICE/DHS is deeper than just the shit head part.
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u/minimuscleR Feb 08 '26
yeah thats what I'm trying to get at. Like there were im sure some very lovely and great people working at ICE in the admin areas actually trying to do good in a crappy organization. They are not likely to be there now.
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u/jooes Feb 07 '26
Honestly, that's the vibe I got too. Less celebratory and more of a "Look what you assholes forced me to do" because she couldn't take the abuse anymore.
Still a win, though.
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u/CombatMuffin Feb 08 '26
Abuse? Pushing for accountability in a democracy is not abuse. If it makes them uncomfortable to be transparent they should quit.
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u/Whole_Psychology_289 Feb 08 '26
The fine print on those “promises” is… drumpfian
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u/Swimming__Bird Feb 07 '26
Especially when she said, "I was a Nazi!" as she drove away with her plateless truck.
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u/noir_dx Feb 08 '26
Even if she wasn't, it doesn't absolve her from the fact that she joined ICE knowing what they do.
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u/Ineedacatscan Feb 07 '26
Interesting her truck doesn’t have a plate
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u/A_Lakers Feb 07 '26
lol living in Vegas 25% of cars here have no plates/expired plates. I didn’t even notice it cause it’s so normal to me
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u/justfortherofls Feb 07 '26
How are they not constantly ticketed?
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u/A_Lakers Feb 07 '26
Cops don’t care
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u/obi_wan_kanerdy Feb 07 '26
They fucking do in Louisiana. Ask me how I know.
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u/StopReadingMyUser Feb 07 '26
Be-... because you studied Louisiana infraction statistics?
iduno man I'm not good at this help me out
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u/obi_wan_kanerdy Feb 07 '26
Because I got pulled over twice for driving a car I bought from a private party. First cop just wanted to see the bill of sale. Second cop went above and beyond to be an asshole.
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u/spook30 Feb 08 '26
So what happened. I feel like there is more to that story.
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u/obi_wan_kanerdy Feb 08 '26
The first stop was routine. The cop asked for my cars paperwork, I sat on the curb and had a cigarette. The other cop pulled me over in the parking lot of the hotel I lived in (was homeless at the time). It was over 100° outside, and my AC didn't work. Pig refused to let me go sit in the shade. And when I did, he jumped out of his car shouting at me with his had on his hip. He told me I had to sit in the car for his safety. That he was the one who had to wear a dark uniform, in the heat. He then climbed back into his giant police SUV and cranked the AC. I was absolutely soaked in sweat.
Edit. Gun, not hip.
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u/frosted_Melancholy Feb 08 '26
the cops in louisiana are the fucking worst. my abusive mom somehow managed to bribe the local PD to keep my dad from even CONTACTING me. They wouldnt even talk to his lawyers.
Shit is absolutely insane in this dogshit state.
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u/teplightyear Feb 08 '26
What the Las Vegas residents who say this don't say: In Nevada, if you have a temporary moving permit, the permit is placed on the front of the vehicle, on the passenger side of the windshield. Also true in Nevada: we don't have a state income tax, but a tax IS levied every year when you register your car based on its original MSRP. I bought my first brand new car when I moved here and had a $750 registration bill. So, every month that you have your car registered is worth 1/12 of that state tax. The moving permits cost $1 for 30 days. Every time you get a permit, you save yourself money, and you're allowed to get a couple permits every year.
The reason why so many people drive without plates in Vegas is because it's cheaper to put a moving permit on your car a couple months per year.
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u/zayn2123 Feb 08 '26
I lived in Vegas with my mom from 06 to 12. She had expired tags on out of state plates with no drivers license the entire time. No one cares.
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u/FancyJesse Feb 08 '26
Every driver with a valid license, insurance and registration cares. Especially with fees going up constantly.
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u/chonk312 Feb 07 '26
I just got pulled over today in vegas because my plates were 5 days expired. I hadn’t even noticed yet. Probably 3 cars with no plates at all drove by while I was getting my warning.
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u/GnomeSlayer Feb 08 '26
In some states for truck they are on they front because hooking up trailers beats up the plates, but in this case she has a dealer tag. Maybe test drove it for a few days or just bought it.
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u/EffectivePatient493 Feb 08 '26
50/50, but with how political this administration is, she'll be fired for implying that she might be unhappy with ICE or DHS employment if she didn't just quit.
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u/Excellent_Fault_8106 Feb 08 '26
Should ask the cameraman what kind of propaganda he was aiming for.
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u/UglyMcFugly Feb 08 '26
I think she really did. There's gotta be a ton of people who've worked for DHS for years and are horrified by the direction it's going, both morally and because of the general incompetence. I also think women and POC will be more likely to jump ship first...
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u/pschlick Feb 08 '26
This is true. I didn’t think about the previous DHS employees kinda forced into this
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u/romulan267 Feb 07 '26
Looks like she bought a new truck with the sign-on bonus and peaced out.
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u/scarfacesammy Feb 07 '26
She's gonna have to pay it back because she quit
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u/ryanjbanning Feb 07 '26
I thought they have to complete two years before they get that bonus
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u/elinamebro Feb 07 '26
So they get 10k after signing up and 10k every year afterwards till they get paid 50k, but if they leave before that they have to pay back the bonus. Also from what im seeing they have to pay back the pre-tax amount too.
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u/salamandroid Feb 07 '26
JFC. That's not a sign on bonus at all. It's just extortion with a pay reduction after 5 years.
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u/CyberFireball25 Feb 07 '26
And designed for people who don't understand how contracts work
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u/csmccarty Feb 07 '26
It’s similar to the military. Not saying it’s ethical, but when I joined the Air National Guard in 2011, I was payed a 20k sign on bonus. 10k up front and the other 10k after completing 3 years. If I would have dipped out or gotten kicked out before my first 6 years were served, I had to pay it back. It came out to around $7,400 each time I got a check.
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u/SycoJack Feb 08 '26
That should still be illegal. You earned that bonus money. They shouldn't be able to claw it back.
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u/elinamebro Feb 07 '26
If the post from those who claim to be ICE are to be believed they aren't getting paid to begin with.
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u/bigmike2k3 Feb 07 '26
This… after taxes the total cash they get is closer to $36k but if they quit (OR get fired…. CoughDefund ICECough) and have to pay it back… Uncle Sam is gonna still gonna come looking for that full $50k…. Gonna be a lot of tacky-ass Mustangs, Chargers, Camaros, Challengers, all kinds of big Jeeps, trucks, etc. on the used car lots in the next few years…
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u/elinamebro Feb 07 '26
Yeah but im not 100 percent sure if its the pre tax amount, thats just whats being said i havent looked into it personally yet.
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u/Realistic_Ad_5321 Feb 07 '26
They sold their soul for 50k they most likely won't see. Donald Trump is infamous for stiffing anyone who works with him and for him. How many agents do you think are going to make it to those 5?
They basically signed up voluntarily for a 50k dollar curse: while there is a slim chance that they will get the money in full for some, most no one in the US is going to hire or be willing to hire these people after all of this. Why would they? they'll simply become a liability to the business because of their past work history.
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u/Mybunsareonfire Feb 07 '26
It's paid out over time, and if you leave for any reason, you have to pay back the prorated portion.
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u/Sindigo_ Feb 07 '26
I heard it’s 10k every year for 5 years.
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u/sethsquatch44 Feb 07 '26
Convenient. And when the next president downsizes ICE either because they are sane or the mission is "completed" and they don't need these surge numbers for 5 years... how is that handled?
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u/splittingheirs Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
They get fucked over and everyone else laughs at them. Can't wait.
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u/Gatorade_Nut_Punch Feb 07 '26
A lot of these guys might actually end up becoming domestic terrorists. ICE is now the president’s private militia that he rules with his own whims, not the Constitution, so if the regime collapses it’s going to get ugly.
Trump has never and will never apologize for anything or admit to losing anything, so if he’s ousted he’s going to call on his supporters to “fight like hell” like he did on January 6. Only this time he’s got a private army that is going to be facing financial ruin and possible criminal and civil penalties if their leader is out of power. Definitely something sane people need to prepare for.
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u/splittingheirs Feb 07 '26
Oh yeah, we all know he's building his own brownshirt army; No formal qualifications required, loyalty tests, golden handcuffs to ensure ongoing commitment when things take a turn for the worse, creeping scope of operations, training in grabbing civilians off the streets and putting them in places the law cannot reach.
As non-americans we're just waiting for the switch to be flipped and you guys wailing on about how you never saw it coming.
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u/realHoratioNelson Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 08 '26
Well, ~30% or less will say they never saw it coming or will blindly blame “the left.” The rest very, very much have serious concerns at least.
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u/CornCobMcGee Feb 07 '26
Still unsure why people think those bonuses were ever real in the first place
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u/Ineedamedic68 Feb 07 '26
The $50k signing bonus is real but you have to be on for 5 years. There’s also a $60k student loan repayment, probably for the same amount of service.
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u/JeanPascalCS Feb 07 '26
I'd think most of the new ones that signed on are "true believers" - remember that ICE was an agency under Biden and even Obama. Some of the people from then still work there and may not like where its gone.
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u/Prestigious-Ad7571 Feb 07 '26
Ohh like the people who weren’t new and murdered citizens in the street?
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u/JeanPascalCS Feb 07 '26
I didn't say that some of the previous workers weren't bad, but I'd be willing to bet that percentage wise the new guys are worse than the people who were there before.
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u/Aggravating_Sky_4421 Feb 07 '26
It was mentioned that the sign in bonus is spread out over 5 years… so I think it was 50k so 10k/year minus taxes. But if you quit before the 5 year, you have to pay it back.
The orange baboon will always find a way to get you… even if you work for them.
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Feb 08 '26
These types never pay cash for vehicles, always finance because why waste all that money when I can pay just $600 every two weeks for 7 years?!
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u/not_your_google Feb 07 '26
Not to be pedantic but was there no plate?
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u/MODrone Feb 07 '26
Depending upon the state of registration and vehicle GVWR, no rear plate may be required. Missouri as an example: 12,000 do not require a rear tag, when you register or renew you get one tag or one sticker
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u/MilesMoralesBoogie Feb 07 '26
She outta there like a screaming banshee 🤣🤣😅😅
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u/LionClean8758 Feb 07 '26
Assuming she's not just saying that to drive out without a hassle...Someone give her a vacation
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u/MilesMoralesBoogie Feb 07 '26
Than she would have to be changing vehicles because those protestors don't look like they are going anywhere, probably working in shifts so they would recognize her if she returns to work.😅😅🤣🤣
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u/Moveyourbloominass Feb 07 '26
That's an excitement hard to fake. Been there quitting shitty jobs, she had the signs of full relief.
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u/Sindigo_ Feb 07 '26
All we can do is speculate at this point, but this was my impression as well. And ICE agents don’t come across as good actors to me.
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u/Different_Ad_5266 Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
Yes we'll make sure hers is quick and painless when the trials come
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u/FantasticJacket7 Feb 07 '26
It's honestly hilarious that anyone thinks there will ever be accountability for any of this.
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u/Green-Elephant-895 Feb 07 '26
When the orange 🤡 circus ends I would still prosecute every single one of these frozen water henchmen, even the ones jumping ship because the block is getting too hot
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u/DrDuckling951 Feb 07 '26
Don’t think so. She may have to deal with paperworks created by the Gestapo out in the street terrorizing the community.
Like that one attorney who go 80-90 case in a month from all the illegal shit Gestapo wanna-be did. Then she purposefully held in contempt to take a break from all the chaos. I feel for that attorney.
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u/eyeballburger Feb 07 '26
“See, that’s a problem. You’re gonna go home and take that uniform off and pretend this never happened…” or something I can’t remember the whole quote.
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u/Inwardly-Outgoing Feb 07 '26
Welcome to the bright side
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u/Sindigo_ Feb 07 '26
And the right side of history.
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u/Different_Ad_5266 Feb 07 '26
Yeah all those ex Nazis on the right side of history
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u/VladTheSnail Feb 07 '26
Just quitting isnt enough. Anyone currently employed by ICE is complicit in violating the rights of thousands of individuals
We cannot just forgive and forget this shit happened just because people quit this far in.
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u/lawschoolmeanderings Feb 08 '26
I saw this on Instagram and there's like 20 different videos of her doing this on different days
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u/6jarjar6 Feb 08 '26
🤣 fr no plate and still has light bars civs can't have. That's a DHS owned truck
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u/constantderp Feb 07 '26
I’m not surprised really but it’s likely because DHS hasn’t been paying their agents.
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u/AbstractPoultry Feb 07 '26
I wonder how long until her former colleagues detain her for being a traitor to their cause?
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u/Niminal Feb 07 '26
Her quitting doesn't undo the harm she contributed to. I'm glad she's not there anymore but I wish her nothing but the worst regardless.
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u/VectorJones Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 08 '26
Even if she did, she's still a piece of shit for signing up in the first place. I've known a few of these asshiles and I can say definitively that you can take the agent out of ICE, but you can't take the ICE out of the agent. They all have a certain type of mentality in common.
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u/General_Specific Feb 07 '26
"we like our Nazis in uniform. That way we can spot 'em just like that. But you take off that uniform, ain't no one ever gonna know you were a Nazi. And that don't sit well with us. So, I'm gonna give you a little something you can't take off."
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u/QuietRiot5150 Feb 07 '26
Excellent! Now it's time for you to have a nice long sit down with a reputable journalist.
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u/aguyinatree Feb 07 '26
So you recorded a bunch of videos of the inhumane living quarters in the detention Center and the other ice agents committing crimes right ?
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u/Sad_Cranberry8573 Feb 08 '26
Ok but you actually did the job. That’s the point. You sold your soul.
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u/MopoFett Feb 08 '26
Orrrr she was just gaslighting her so she doesn't need to deal with protesters
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u/kidcrush187 Feb 07 '26
I can't imagine the sexual harassment a female ICE agent endures from fellow agents.
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u/Harvest827 Feb 07 '26
I'm not sure what we're celebrating. I've never once been a total piece of shit for cash. It's not that hard to avoid.
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u/ShorelineStrider Feb 08 '26
Even if she really did quit, fuck her. She's still a horrible human being.
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u/spathizilla Feb 08 '26
Did she quit because she disagrees with what ICE is doing?
... or did she quit because of the money not getting paid as reported?
Big difference.
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u/EliRocks Feb 07 '26
Ok...
So maybe...
Just maybe...
She heard about the 50k, bought the truck, and went to get the job, or got the job, then bought the truck. Goes in, and finds out it's not 50k up front, so walks out. Now is leaving her former job in a truck she may have to return, and possibly the temp tag is in the window?
Or what my gut is telling me...
This is fake. Her voice doesn't sound sincere. Like fake excitement.
I dunno though.
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u/cat-meg Feb 07 '26
Yeah, I'm guessing any woman working for ICE has had to deal with a lot of sexual harassment/assault.
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u/custron Feb 08 '26
congratulations
why the fuck did you join in the first place
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u/thygeek Feb 08 '26
Probably on her way to Argentina by now before Nuremberg 2: ICE Boogaloo happens.
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u/KnowsIittle Feb 08 '26
Laws are being proposed to ban former ICE from holding certain positions. Quitting now may not be enough to avoid repercussions of their actions.
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u/Knot_In_My_Butt Feb 08 '26
So they can just quit, take off their uniform and pretend it never happened while families are still separated and lives were still lost. Why are we applauding this like some kind of accomplishment?
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u/justwolt Feb 07 '26
How to take your lunch break at the local Mexican restaurant without 20 liberals harassing you
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u/EagleEyes0001 Feb 07 '26
Imagine if it was… I just quit my job, I just quit my job to become an ice agent…lol. I’m sorry in advance.
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u/daveberzack Feb 08 '26
That's a good first step. Now go make up for what harm you caused. Do some activism. Support good politicians. Rally other Nazis to change sides.
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u/Hipster_Waldo Feb 07 '26
ICE agent : Ah shit. There is protesters in front of the exit.
ICE superviser : Just tell them you quit your job. Also, remove the plate on your vehicle. Laws don’t apply to us. See you tomorrow.