US EditionJournalist claims ICE offered her job after six-minute interview and ‘sloppy’ vetting
Laura Jedeed was offered a deportation officer position after a brief interview and incomplete vetting, revealing significant flaws in ICE's rapid recruitment process.
- On Tuesday, Slate journalist Laura Jedeed said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offered her a job after a less than six-minute interview, listing her onboarding status as `Entered on Duty` without paperwork.
- In August, Jedeed began applying to ICE to test its hiring process, expecting her outspoken Trump criticism and `anti-ICE` stance would disqualify her, Jedeed says.
- On September 3 she received a tentative offer email with forms for a Declaration for Federal Employment and background-check consent, which she did not complete, and three weeks later LabCorp requested a drug test.
- A DHS spokesperson said the department denied she was offered a job, calling it `such a lazy lie` as ICE faces increased scrutiny after Renee Nicole Good's shooting and a 47 percent poll showing Americans view ICE as a threat.
- Critics argued the episode exposed ICE’s lax hiring and screening, raising concerns about convicted domestic abusers and white supremacist ties as protests and public scrutiny continue.
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This ICE critic was offered a job after just a 6-minute interview. It should scare us all.
The story about being hired by ICE below, by independent journalist Laura Jedeed, should scare us. It is clear, given ICE's irresponsibility, that their behavior in Minneapolis will remain the standard. The post This ICE critic was offered a job after just a 6-minute interview. It should scare us all. appeared first on EgbertoWillies.com.
Inside the ICE Hiring Blitz: Minimal Vetting, Maximum Controversy
When freelance journalist and military veteran Laura Jedeed walked into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruitment event in Texas in August 2025, her intent was simple: to see what it took to apply for a job with one…
DHS Tried To Discredit Reporter Who Exposed Their Shoddy ICE Hiring Practices—And She Brought The Receipts
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was harshly criticized after it tried to discredit reporter Laura Jedeed, who detailed in an article for Slate how she applied and was accepted to become an ICE agent despite not filling out any of the required paperwork or going through a background check.In her article, "You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.," Jedeed says her original intent at an ICE Career E…
‘Sloppy’: Journalist who went through ICE’s hiring process details experience to CNN
Laura Jedeed, an independent journalist who wrote about her experience applying to work for ICE, speaks to Erin Burnett about who is joining the agency’s ranks after she says she was offered a job.
Reporter posts receipts after DHS claims her employment offer was a 'lazy lie'
Many critics of the Trump Administration's mass deportations policy are arguing that President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem are creating a dangerous situation by putting poorly trained U.S. Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) agents on the streets of U.S. cities. In an effort to ramp up deportations, they contend, Noem and border czar Tom Homan have significantly lowered ICE hiring standards. And journalist Laura Jedeed…
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