More Than 100,000 Americans Apply to Join ICE: DHS
'Our country is calling you to serve at ICE. In the wake of the Biden administration's failed immigration policies, your country needs dedicated men and women of ICE to get the worst of the worst criminals out of our country,' DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement.
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