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Miles Archer

(22,288 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:25 AM Feb 3

ICE goons having a big sad about not receiving bonuses & health insurance while shooting innocent people in the face

While the Trump administration has promised high salaries and generous bonuses for federal immigration agent recruits, a wave of apparent new agents have taken to social media to complain about getting stiffed on everything from bonuses to health insurance, the International Business Times UK reported.

“Been here for about 2 months, still waiting for my health insurance… is anyone having that issue as well?” reads a post on the social media platform Reddit on an unofficial forum for deportation officers, reviewed by the Business Times.

“Mannnnn Monday is 4 weeks since I started and I haven’t been paid yet,” reads another post reviewed by the Business Times.

To help facilitate its mass deportations, the Trump administration has rushed to add 10,000 new immigration agents during its first year, promising generous benefits, pay and hiring bonuses for new recruits. The administration was successful in its hiring blitz, taking on more than 12,000 agents in a year and receiving more than 220,000 applications.

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2675072244/

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ICE goons having a big sad about not receiving bonuses & health insurance while shooting innocent people in the face (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 3 OP
How cute. These marks thought the grifters wouldn't feed them to the leopards, too ms liberty Feb 3 #1
Chumps for Trump Walleye Feb 3 #2
ETTD UpInArms Feb 3 #3
The TV Series "The Shield," Season 5, Episode 11. Miles Archer Feb 3 #11
They were warned maxrandb Feb 3 #4
Thank you max. Lewis is close to having George Carlin status. Clouds Passing Feb 3 #7
Meal Team Mutiny Blue Owl Feb 3 #5
Aw Clouds Passing Feb 3 #6
Ha ha, more suckers falling for the orange piece of shit's lies. a kennedy Feb 3 #8
Wait, you ICE guys actually thought Donald was gonna pay you? HappyH Feb 3 #9
FAFO ICE version Ritabert Feb 3 #10

ms liberty

(11,082 posts)
1. How cute. These marks thought the grifters wouldn't feed them to the leopards, too
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:33 AM
Feb 3

Everyone gets screwed in Trumpland, son.

Miles Archer

(22,288 posts)
11. The TV Series "The Shield," Season 5, Episode 11.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:31 PM
Feb 3

This aired in 2004, so it obviously pre-dated Trump's political career, but it EXPLAINS the "phenomenon" better than I ever could.

The detectives have a prostitute in custody. She seems too "upscale" to them to be in that line of work. They also have her pimp. So they ask him.

Short version...you can watch the clip...is that he says he identifies the one "big empty" in their soul, their greatest emotional need, then positions himself to be the only one who can fill it. Then...when he has them on the hook...he takes it away from them, to demonstrate that they can never leave him and feel "whole" again.

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