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25. We won't be able to have nice things... let alone a functioning country...

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Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:19 PM

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until we find a way to actually deal with greed. We have to make it less desirable, more punishment whenever caught. Love of money is the root of all evil, and that's one truism I fully believe.

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So what we really have are ICE Bounty Hunters...and the "crime"?...looking different from the average KKK member. CincyDem Saturday #1

Worse than bounty hunters Disaffected Saturday #3

I agree worse than bounty hunters... slightlv Saturday #24

Not unlike the Brown Shirts or SS in Nazi Germany. Disaffected Sunday #28

Want to bet those ICE agents are... ProudMNDemocrat Sunday #38

Git while the gittin's good is the rule of the day. CrispyQ Saturday #2

It dissgusts me that our money is funding this anti-American shit. pandr32 Saturday #4

Democrats need to clawback all that illegal incentive money. sop Saturday #5

O. M. G. calimary Saturday #6

THIS!!! RockCreek Saturday #8

All this. sheshe2 Saturday #10

Abolish ICE, dismantle DHS nt mr715 Saturday #23

..."illegal to pay salaried law enforcement officers a direct cash bonus"-- What if that gets skated around Aimee in OKC Sunday #31

They've likely worded it as a bonus for exceeding certain job performance goals. sop Sunday #32

+1 dalton99a Sunday #33

I'll bet that those "bonuses for abuses" are tax free. erronis Saturday #7

Yes! I've seen the ads on YouTube for ICE bonuses Lulu KC Saturday #9

I just saw my first ad for hiring ICE while watching some program on TV. llmart Saturday #12

$2,000 bonuses are paid for each and every arrest - regardless of whether or not that person turns out to be undocumente patphil Saturday #11

Only if the jail TommyT139 Sunday #29

Depravity is quite profitable these days. Borogove Saturday #13

The $2000 per arrest expains their despatation to arrest anyone with dark hair BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #14

Woah. That's certainly an "incentive" to grab people! Day-am! electric_blue68 Saturday #15

and we foot the bill barbtries Saturday #16

Jeezus, my anger knows no bounds.Trump regime is fascist through and through. Joinfortmill Saturday #17

$2000 per head for picking up just ANYBODY?? DFW Saturday #18

if true, some Democrats need to holler this one from the rooftops RussBLib Saturday #26

I've always felt that they were paying a bounty for each person they captured ... aggiesal Saturday #19

And they go after the easiest targets because they are cowards. travelingthrulife Sunday #34

They charge them to get released even if cpamomfromtexas Saturday #20

Wow! SupportSanity Sunday #39

The incentive is horrifying. $2000 can be enough to turn around bad times. paulkienitz Saturday #21

Follow the money RecoveringJournalist Saturday #22

We won't be able to have nice things... let alone a functioning country... slightlv Saturday #25

Now THAT is newsworthy. summer_in_TX Sunday #27

$2,000 per arrest, regardless of immigration status? Sickening! SunSeeker Sunday #30

Two relevant songs worth hearing MadameButterfly Sunday #35

Kind of reminds me of Viet Nam vets always saying KS Toronado Sunday #36

Kudos to your brother for speaking up. The money being thrown at ICE agents is disgusting. Martin68 Sunday #37

This is great information. If you understand the incentive, you understand the brutality and the randomness of it. SupportSanity Sunday #40

Waste and abuse. All the money wasted on Ice could go towards helping Americans get Ziggysmom Sunday #41