US EditionUS Uses War Rhetoric, Superman to Recruit for Migrant Crackdown
- The US government is using patriotic icons and war-like rhetoric to recruit for immigration enforcement, promising US$50,000 signing bonuses for new Deportation Officers.
- The White House has shared World War I-style posters featuring Uncle Sam with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement cap.
- Since the recruitment campaign began, the Department of Homeland Security has received 80,000 applications in less than a week.
- Conservative outlets have praised the recruitment drive for Deportation Officers.
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Uncle Sam, Superman and war cries: US pulls out all stops to hire deportation officers
LOS ANGELES, Aug 8 — From Uncle Sam to Superman, the US government is deploying patriotic icons and increasingly warlike rhetoric to recruit Americans into enforcing Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.Job ads promising US$50,000 (RM211,780) signing bonuses to new “Deportation Officers” have flooded social media over the past week, accompanied by jingoistic rallying slogans that declare “America Needs You.”White House officials have shared Worl…
The Trump administration wants to recruit an additional 10,000 people for the ICE, its immigration police.
The Washington Hispanic
El EconomistaFrom Uncle Sam to Superman, the U.S. government is deploying patriotic icons and increasingly bellicose rhetoric to recruit agents to apply Donald Trump’s immigration offensive on the ground. Job announcements promising $50,000 hiring bonds to the new “deportation officers” have flooded social networks over the past week, accompanied by patriotic slogans declaring “The U.S. needs you!”
In order to increase the staff of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the government plans to promote it through numerous social networks.
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