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LogDog75

(1,067 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:06 AM Oct 23

Over 200 ICE recruits dismissed

Because ICE couldn't complete the vetting of the recruits. Some of the recruits had criminal convictions, couldn't pass the drug test, or couldn't meet the physical and academic requirements.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-recruits-dismissed-agency-recklessly-expands-report_n_68f959d2e4b0d0ec549cc271?origin=home-whats-happening-unit

Sounds like ICE is reaching for thugs to join their forces. It reminds me of this scene from Blazing Saddles.

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Deuxcents

(25,392 posts)
1. Now these rejects can band together and be their own wanna be kidnappers..they know how it's done
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:21 AM
Oct 23

pat_k

(12,663 posts)
2. Wish I could find a video of the line of "recruits" in blazing saddles
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:29 AM
Oct 23

It was a very, very silly.

Did find this tho

Jack Valentino

(4,288 posts)
7. "Top men are working on it. TOP MEN..."
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:29 AM
Oct 23

AI Overview
The phrase "top men are working on it. top men" is a famous quote from the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark. It is used to suggest that a sensitive or important issue is being handled by a seemingly competent and secret group of experts, but with a humorous or cynical implication that nothing will actually come of it.



And the lost Ark disappeared into vast government warehouses forever.... LOL

colorado_ufo

(6,197 posts)
10. A similar line was in the first Men in Black movie, when Will Smith was being interviewed for the position.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:07 PM
Oct 23

Another great line - "The best of the best of the best, SIR!"

Buns_of_Fire

(18,989 posts)
6. Maybe ICE will become the employer of last resort.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:06 AM
Oct 23

Because if someone is too screwed up to work at ICE, the only step left in their career path is probably volunteering to be processed as Soylent Green. Or get elected to congress under the MAGA banner (which is the next level down in terms of worth to society).

Jack Valentino

(4,288 posts)
8. Translation: "They're too fat to catch an immigrant on a bicycle"
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:31 AM
Oct 23

but they lied about it on their application....

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