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justaprogressive

(6,562 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:17 PM 19 hrs ago

Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs - Wired

On a forum with over 5,000 members claiming to be current and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, users vent their frustrations and concerns about the agency as it has become the center of public ire.

“I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” wrote one user.

The forum contains posts dating back over a decade and describes itself as an “unofficial forum for current Deportation Officers, prospective applicants and retired Deportation Officers to have a platform for discussion.” In posts viewed by WIRED, users complain of long working hours, limited overtime pay, incompetent leadership, and poorly trained new recruits.

Forum users do not need to show proof of their employment to join, and the platform does not appear to be heavily moderated. WIRED has not confirmed the individual identities of these posters, though the forum is one of several related forums where people working in different parts of DHS share experiences and discuss specific details of deportation officer work that would likely only be known to those in the job, including discussions about the inner workings of the job, the hiring and training process, and swapping duty placements. Some forum members are newcomers, and others have been members for over a decade.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE did not respond to requests for comment.

As scrutiny and public outrage have followed the violent immigration raids in Minneapolis for DHS’s Operation Metro Surge, particularly in the wake of federal agents shooting and killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti, users in the forum haven’t shied away from posting.


https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-ice-forum-where-agents-complain-about-their-jobs/]

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Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs - Wired (Original Post) justaprogressive 19 hrs ago OP
Archive Johnny2X2X 19 hrs ago #1
Won't it be interesting... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #2

Johnny2X2X

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It's mostly ICE agents complaining about mandatory overtime and poor leadership, few instances of complaining about brutalizing and terrorizing innocent families.
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