cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5774387

The Department of Homeland Security is scrapping age limits for new Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruits as it ramps up hiring with a major funding boost from Congress.

Previously, applicants had to be at least 21 and no older than 37 or 40, depending on the role within the agency tasked with locating, arresting and detaining noncitizens lacking legal status. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox & Friends that applicants as young as 18 could now be “trained and ready.”

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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    People are going die. 18 year old kid that would take this job will be unstable and will end up killing someone. This shit rotten to its core.

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      They are hiring unstable people. People who have empathy don’t want this job. Hopefully most of them are incompetent and not highly fit too.

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      The opposite is also true … an unstable 18 year old threatening an older man who knows that his life is basically going to end will think twice about how to deal with a younger opponent.

      The US is really taking the dive on everything as fast as possible.

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        Apparently they don’t want to hire over 40. That might change if they can get enough young people recruited.

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            Oh article I read still had 40 as the max, but lower the hiring age. Okay going be hilarious when grandpa as a fucking heart attack on a raid.

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              Yep, the dog killer said,

              “We no longer have a cap on how old you can be or you can continue at age 18, sign up for ICE and join us and be a part of it. We’ll get you trained and ready to be equipped to go out on the streets and help protect families,” Noem said.

              The trainers are going to have a time of it. Training 18 year olds next to grandpa is hilarious.