- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
While immigration officers support the Trump administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership’s tactics, according to reports
Morale is “plummeting” among federal law enforcement officers tasked with carrying out the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration operation, as they complained that long hours, ambitious arrest quotas and hatred from the public, according to reports.
While officers at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol, overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, said they supported the administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown “disillusioned” with the tactics being implemented by leadership.
More than 20 current and former immigration officials told The New York Times of their discontent in the hours following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
It was the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen carried out by a federal agent in weeks, as officers clashed with protesters following intense public anger over the violence in Minneapolis.



Then they should quit. Problem solved.
Unionize and demand better working conditions, like lower quotas, only criminal record targets, proper long training, and 32-hour work weeks. Strike to get it. Get fired in the process. 😂
E: Learn radical left ideology in the process.
The Border Patrol officers are literally in the same union as the nurse they shot in Minneapolis.
You shoot a union member you should be kicked out of the union or pay damages through the union. Solidary shouldn’t be this blind.
That’s gonna make for an awkward all hands meeting.
They likely are unionized
Them quitting is a good first step but wont solve the underlying issue. ICE recruited Nazis. They will be Nazis with or without ICE.
But they won’t have the authority, protection, and power of the state to carry out violence.
They all got massive sign-on bonuses. If they quite before 5 years they have to pay 10k per year they left early.
It sucks to suck.
For sure but I feel even the ones that want to quit won’t, because of this. That’s all I meant 🤷♂️