ICE whistle‑blower says agency skipped basic vetting for recruits
In July, a new ICE agent with a history of domestic violence and mental illness killed a man in Maine who even ICE admits posed no threat to him. Now we know that internal whistleblowers at ICE were sounding the alarm about the agency utterly disregarding normal hiring rules.
Carly Goodman13I was told that extreme vetting, biometrics, background checks, paperwork, getting in line, coming the right way, navigating an obstacle course of surveillance and review, were all very important to the authorities
Rabbi Jill Zimmerman11I’d like to know how many J6ers have been hired as ICE agents
Michele (Good Trouble) Jansen7I'm shocked! Shocked I say!
noYOUhush6laws have always existed for picking up actual criminals, undocumented or otherwise 👉this is HeritageFoundation Project2025 fascism👈 🚫ICE
Gwen6Ironic that we expect background checks on simple foot soldiers after knowingly electing a fascist mis-leader
cameronpoe86.bsky.social5Imagine if a foreign advisory was able to install federal agents into our government in a position of complete immunity....
Karl Bode112I don't expect accountability for most Trump-era shit from this sorry sack ass country, but if we don't see broad, systemic accountability for this era of masked gestapo mass murder we need to burn the whole thing down
Sarah Goodyear43Going to say it for the millionth time, if you want to understand the society we live in now you need to understand domestic violence and abuse dynamics. We're soaking in it.
Mike Fragassi9When even *other* ICE agents are appalled: JFC
calizaybak.bsky.social6The fascists want psycho monsters as they will follow the criminal orders with glee and can be thrown under buses when needed as they're disposable.
cop city is everywhere, fight back ☂️3the purpose of the system is what it does / they’re not sending their best
Deth Veggie3The gestapo must be destroyed by any means necessary.
Bopeep-Burton 💙🐓🏝🐈🏡🏖 🦋🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇫🇷🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🌎2Big big big shock. Bigly even. 😡
Francis Wilkinson 2Aside from the numerous murders and other crimes committed by Trump and his flunkies, you have to wonder if there are any vital national security secrets that haven't been shared with Russia, China and who knows who.
Laminariales2ICE co-conspirator Susan Collins helped kill an innocent man
Today's Kinzinger Report is out (link in reply) and we cover: - Republicans are fleeing Trump's own midterm convention - DHS agents are hunting voter fraud that doesn't exist - Whistleblower says ICE handed out badges before background checks - The White House is lawyering up for a midterm loss
1 Vote9The Trump convention is nothing but one of his grifts.
Walt H8The president called the conflict in Iran a “war”. Doesn’t that trigger a 60 clock for Congress to approve?
Bob The Squid5At this point, you can't convince me that there were any background checks ever, aside from a quick social media "woke check" to weed out the decent people.
David3ICE is a criminal organization and employs criminals. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/09/im-7...
tandersen77.bsky.social2First, why in the hell are they holding the GOP convention in Dallas of all places (60% blue in 2024 election) and second, WHY did the City of Dallas let them use the AAC? I mean, WTF? You won't get paid, Dallas County.
connie2ICE is just Trump's personal 'militia'... all thugs
SCOOP: An ICE whistleblower report obtained by the NYT said ICE was cutting corners, violating the law and fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency to “grave national security risks.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
wharf rat27half of these ICE agents probably have restraining orders out against them from their domestic partners
As long as they are willing and able to arrest voters during midterms, they are “fit for duty”.
Me3Congressional Republicans have poured billions of our taxpayer money into this bullshit. Vote
Doe Bee Doe Bee Doe2Confirming what @laurajedeed.bsky.social already told us.
Seth Langner1It's almost as if I.C.E is not acting in the interests of the American people. I wonder in whose interests they are acting then? Probably ANTIFA.
Leonardo1We didn’t need a whistleblower to tell us that
Hamed Aleaziz80Read the whistleblower's complaint here, obtained by the Times through FOIA: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Feral Maui Hermit7It's infuriating to see the NYT frame this issue as a simple lack of oversight due to a rushed process, and not an intentional crusade to hire the most violent racist sociopaths ICE can find. Cruelty, bigotry, and an eagerness to commit criminal violence are ICE requirements.
Patrick De Klotz6This component has engaged in grave widespread violations of rights for approaching 2 years now. Abolish ICE, impeach the President who is responsible for it.
Hare 🍉6Trump is waging war against peaceable, productive people with an army of dimwitted creeps
MB4The ICE agent that murdered Johan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine is a textbook example of this. David Brouillette has a history of untreated bipolar disorder, domestic violence, and couldn’t hold down a job due to his behaviors and they handed him a gun without a second thought.
Marta Jewson3When LSP stopped a man on my block I asked if they were conducting an immigration operation. The officer basically asked why the hell I would think that. I'm surprised LEO agencies didn't speak up about the undermining the federal gov's conduct has caused to local depts.
Mike Rhone2I think it’s fair to say that the type of people who want to be ICE agents are exactly the people you don’t want as ICE agents.
If you didn't vote Dem, you helped make this:2Hard to understand "improperly vetted" at a time when FBI announced you can steal from your employer, pay a sheep to have sex with you, and still get hired as an agent.
Charles Mead2If people actually get to the polls, the new administration will have to strip down all federal law enforcement agencies; remove and rebuild. No excuses for being “too complex.” These organizations are now fundamentally flawed. And, yes, ICE as presently constituted must be wiped clean.
