What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

I skipped the steps of the application process that would have clued the agency in on my lack of fitness for the position. I made no effort to hide my public loathing of the agency, what it stands for, and the administration that runs it. And they offered me the job anyway.

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 hours ago

    Wait they Dont hire people with domestic violence convictions? The way they operate I thought it was an requirement.

    • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
      10·
      6 hours ago

      Somehow, despite never submitting any of the paperwork they sent me—not the background check or identification info, not the domestic violence affidavit, none of it—ICE had apparently offered me a job

      I think you missed the key line. Perhaps they care about the optics of it and include that as part of the paperwork (granted, that’s perhaps a holdover from previous administrations), but they don’t actually care about how you fill it out (or in this case, not fill it out).

    • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      6 hours ago

      It just said to submit an affidavit (meaning you can lie, but they can retaliate against you later). If they were serious, it would say that DV shows up on the background report and would disqualify you