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(26,342 posts) Thu Jul 10, 2025, 11:05 AM Jul 10

'It's miserable:' ICE 'morale in crapper' as agents forced to 'arrest gardeners' [View all]

By Alexander Willis
Published July 10, 2025 10:45 AM ET

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents embark on countless deportation raids in an effort to meet the White House’s daily arrest quota of 3,000, many officers are becoming completely demoralized, several agents told Nick Miroff with The Atlantic.

“Morale is in the crapper,” a former ICE agent told Miroff on the condition of anonymity out of fear of repercussions. “Even those that are gung ho about the mission aren’t happy with how they are asking to execute it – the quotas and the shift to the low-hanging fruit to make the numbers.”

President Donald Trump, along with nearly all Republican members of Congress, recently gave ICE a staggering bump in its budget in the budget reconciliation package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill increased annual spending for the agency to $37.5 billion, making ICE’s budget higher than the military budgets of all but 15 countries, including the United States.

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2673063565/

These people made there bed, they knew exactly what was happening there are two words that people understand yes or no...........and they mostly said yes to do this shit

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'It's miserable:' ICE 'morale in crapper' as agents forced to 'arrest gardeners' [View all] turbinetree Jul 10 OP

Exactly. You shat your own bed, you can lie in it. Current ICE agents will be all but unemployable under future admins. eppur_se_muova Jul 10 #1

I hope they have horrific nightmares every single night for decades. nt Justice matters. Jul 10 #17

I'll bet there are a substantial number of them that are relishing it. everyonematters Jul 10 #2

Nasty, mean spirited and an over abundance of male toxicity are prerequisite for job application. jrthin Jul 10 #6

So the 100k wannabe backyard UFC fucks lmao n/t Cheezoholic Jul 10 #20

Absolutely! SheltieLover Jul 10 #35

At bdamomma Jul 10 #25

Exactly! *None* of them were drafted into the job. Heidi Friday #57

They're going to pay them enough to relish it Prairie Gates Jul 10 #3

I think the vast majority of them get off on the cruelty and enjoy their jobs. BannonsLiver Jul 10 #4

Did they 'not see' themselves in the mirror? C_U_L8R Jul 10 #5

No, because they wear a mask outside...nt róisín_dubh Jul 10 #10

Hey traitor, you're getting paid tax payer money to be a shitty person, act like a man, no whining. nt Hotler Jul 10 #7

But the pay is too good to quit the job. kentuck Jul 10 #8

Trump will have to fill the ranks by pardoning more (Aryan) thugs. Ping Tung Jul 10 #9

Don't believe it awesomerwb1 Jul 10 #11

It's a matter of time before they face armed resistance Johnny2X2X Jul 10 #12

Yeah, they think they're "miserable" NOW? Just wait. Grokenstein Jul 10 #16

Maybe the morale drmeow Friday #65

They will quit and rejoin as soon as they're eligible for the $10k signing bonus newdeal2 Jul 10 #13

Poor babies, for years their union undermined the Dem administrations, fixtures on Fox, while UTUSN Jul 10 #14

If you don't like being a Nazi, stop being a gd Nazi. Irish_Dem Jul 10 #15

Nobody is forcing them to work for the Gestapo dalton99a Jul 10 #18

They're not nearly miserable enough Arazi Jul 10 #19

use words they'll understand Marthe48 Jul 10 #37

She said these people believe they're heroes and doing important things Arazi Jul 10 #41

Scabby the Rat Nasruddin Jul 10 #40

This is interesting advice LearnedHand Jul 10 #51

Jenn Budd is on Bluesky Arazi Jul 10 #52

Thanks -- I had never heard of her LearnedHand Jul 10 #53

She blew the whistle on being a Border Patrol agent. Dixiegrrrl Friday #59

Eff 'em! If the rest of Govt Employees have to dread each new day tonekat Jul 10 #21

Those so called bdamomma Jul 10 #22

Do the world a favor and blow your Nazi brains out, assholes. Every damn one of you. Put that big gun to use. NBachers Jul 10 #23

wearing a mask in the summer can't be comfortable maxsolomon Jul 10 #24

Good. durablend Jul 10 #26

This sounds suspiciously like "We were just following orders." sop Jul 10 #27

It will with this SCOTUS. RockRaven Jul 10 #30

So quit already Half-step Jul 10 #28

Brownshirts crying about not having enough fun brownshirting. RockRaven Jul 10 #29

They're sad because good people are calling them Nazis instead of heroes LuvLoogie Jul 10 #31

Good! Ray Bruns Jul 10 #32

So quit. Demobrat Jul 10 #33

Not to worry, they'll soon hire many more agents who will be very pleased to be brutal to productive, innocent people. unblock Jul 10 #34

Yeah, well. Boo-fucking-hoo... (nt) Paladin Jul 10 #36

They can always quit. Diamond_Dog Jul 10 #38

Waste fraud and abuse Nasruddin Jul 10 #39

Life is hard when it takes 6 agents to give a beat-down to a 5'5" middle aged gardener... Hekate Jul 10 #42

YOUR CHILDREN WILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID!!! ret5hd Jul 10 #43

ICE: Les Misrables? Au contraire, they should be PROUD of the Traditions they are Upholding SorellaLaBefana Jul 10 #44

well boo fucking whoo barbtries Jul 10 #45

All that military gear they wear must be hot eh? pwb Jul 10 #46

Womp womp Unbitten Jul 10 #47

Good Lulu KC Jul 10 #48

Let them find honest work wryter2000 Jul 10 #49

I hope whatever they do haunts them for life... Chakaconcarne Jul 10 #50

They need to be shunned from their communities electricmonk Jul 10 #54

Screw them and their 'morale' Ruby the Liberal Jul 10 #55

That's what you get for letting a lunatic fringe propaganda channel do your critical thinking for you. Initech Friday #56

I'll believe it when we see mass resignations. Heidi Friday #58

I worry about many things. ICE morale is not one of them. malthaussen Friday #60

Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Friday #61

Aww, poor ICE bros are miserable. Reader Rabbit Friday #62

Giving domestic terrorism a whole new meaning. Heidi Friday #64

Thoughts and prayers, fuckers, Conjuay Friday #63

If their morale is so bad and their consciences are battered . . . peggysue2 Friday #66