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DHS launches ICE recruitment campaign and CBP ads offering travel and cash for returns
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Summary
Lauren Biss said DHS launched a nationwide ICE recruitment effort that includes a signing bonus of up to $50,000 and benefits, and that Customs and Border Protection began ads encouraging people in the U.S. unlawfully to return home with up to $1,000 and a free flight via the CBP Home app.
Lauren Biss, deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, said DHS launched two domestic campaigns this week: a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruitment drive and a Customs and Border Protection advertising campaign encouraging returns. Biss said the ICE effort "to recruit brave Americans to join ICE federal law enforcement" includes "up to $50,000 signing bonus, student loan repayment, enhanced retirement benefits, and more." She provided the recruitment website join.ice.gov for more information. Separately, Biss said DHS launched nationwide advertisements that encourage people living in the United States unlawfully to use the CBP Home app to return home. "Finally, secretary Noem launched nationwide ads encouraging illegal aliens to go home the right way and receive up to a thousand dollars and a free flight home using the CBP home app," Biss said. The announcement did not specify eligibility criteria, how payments would be distributed, or which flights or airlines would be used. The statements describe program launches rather than policy changes requiring legislation or appropriation. Biss did not provide enrollment targets, the number of positions ICE seeks to fill, nor the budgetary source for the $50,000 signing-bonus figure or the CBP ads' cash payments.
