5d ago

ICE Agent Requirements - No Test Required

www.ice.gov Detention and Deportation Officer

Not the most stringent requirements to apply, which answers a lot of the subsequent behaviour.

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SALARY UPDATE:

ICE, like most federal agencies, utilizes the GS federal pay scale. Individuals working as ICE Agents begin at a pay grade that directly reflects their education and experience, although most new ICE agents begin at GS-5 which, as of 2012, was between $27,431 and $35,657.

        GS-5: $27,431-$35,657
    GS-6: $30,577-$39,748
    GS-7: 33,979-$44,176
    GS-8: $37,631-$48,917
    GS-9: $41,563-$54,028

HSI special agents are usually offered at the GL-7 and GL-9 level.

To qualify at the GS-5 level and receive the equivalent salary, candidates must either possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or at least 3 years of general experience.

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Aren't LEOs paid much better? To accept lower salaries, either you live the job or you can't find anything else.

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"U.S. citizenship Have a valid driver's license. Be eligible to carry a firearm. Previous experience in a primary (rigorous) law enforcement position. Successfully completed basic law enforcement training. For males born after 12/31/1959, Selective Service registration is required."
That's your qualifications. The fact that you have previous primary LEO experience is when you were tested.
ICE agents, from my understanding, aren't doing anything that other police aren't doing from a day to day tasks perspective so they don't require new testing/training.
- U.S. citizenship
  Well, it would be a bit embarrassing if they were caught hiring illegals.
- So no background checks on disciplinary issues or prior public complaints?
  
  Im not in LEO. I just googled the qualifications. I would imagine they run some form of check to make sure everything is valid but IDK.

Be a shame if thousands of people applied and talked the Nazi talk, only to drag out the hiring process and make ridiculous demands in wage/benefits negotiation. Worst case scenario, they actually agree to the demands, you take the job, and sabotage their ops from the inside.
- You have to be current LEO to join, so unlikely for them to be so minded.
  
  Evidence shows it's not that unlikely

"moderate to arduous physical exertion involving walking and standing, use of firearms and exposure to inclement weather."
I wanted to join the Schutzstaffel but I don't think I can take such arduous physical exertion.
- Upon further reading, it explains the arduous physical exertion is only the beating of POC, and other minorities.
  
  Well when you put it that way...
- The expectation that you will be using your firearm. Better be prepared to slaughter suspected illegals.

Big surprise. I mean a subway employee gets more training becoming a sandwich artist. Cops and such are dumb as shit!

No test because they are hiring current law enforcement. So an applicant would already have gone through police training and testing, how inadequate that may be.
- That's the question. Is the training and testing adequate? Do they redo psych profiles on the candidates? Doesn't appear so.
  
  Police Training is a constant thing. The academy just teaches you the basics, then you usually get paired with an experienced officer, and then you are on your own. There is some variations on that, but that is fairly common. There are additional classes they can go do for various aspects of the job.
  You can see how systemic issues can develope and carry for far longer than department policy.
  Psyche evals are not a meaningful way to screen police officers. Yes, you can catch the bad ones, but the worse ones can hide their problems well enough for their issues to fester.
  
  ICE and police have the exact same requirements: be this administration's brown shirts and gestapo.

Gs-5 isn’t even minimum wage in half the country, and they want a bachelors degree?
Edit: wait, thirteen years ago? Who’s posting this crap?

Gestapo job application right there. Guess I'm going to learn how the Resistance operated.

These salary numbers are SO OLD. GS5 is like, 40k minimum?
The GS payscale is public data. GS is adjusted every year and each position is adjusted for the cost of living for the area. Each GS rank has "steps" which, most people start at step 1 and get raises based on yearly reviews
Here is the public listing for 2024: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/general-schedule
(Efit: this still isn't much money to become a traitor to your fellow man)

With the background check and the 6 months training I think it's more than enough for an agent

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