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The American actor Dean Cain, who a few years ago played Superman in a series D Televisión, announced that he plans to join the United States immigration and customs control agency (ICE).
In an interview on Wednesday, he said he will “as soon as possible.”
His decision is known after publishing a video encouraging other Americans to join ICE, the agency in charge of executing EK mass deportation plan promoted by President Donald Trump.
Cain played Superman's role between 1993 and 1997 in the television series “Lois & Clark: Superman's new adventures.” He has also starred in other television films and series.
At the end of July, ICE announced that its goal was to hire 10,000 new employees, doubleing the agency's workforce, since it is intensifying deportations throughout the United States.
Specifically, he hopes to hire deportation agents, along with lawyers, criminal investigators, student visa evaluators and other positions.
Speaking to the Fox News chain on Wednesday, Cain said: “Yesterday I published a recruitment video. Actually, I am a jury sheriff assistant and reserve police officer. I was not part of the ICE, but once I published it and was mentioned in your program, it went viral.”
“So now I have spoken with some ICE officials and I will swear as ICE agent as soon as possible.”
“People have to step forward. I am going to step forward. I hope that many other officials and exagents of the ICE take a step forward, and thus we will immediately reach the recruitment objectives and help to protect this country,” Cain added.
The BBC contacted the Department of National Security (DHS) to collect comments, but there was no response before the publication of this article.
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The recruitment campaign
President Trump has pledged to accelerate the rhythm of deportations in the United States until reaching the annual million. Part of that effort has included an increase in immigration raids since he assumed the presidency in January.
These have caused protests in cities throughout the United States, and critics qualify them as illegal.
At the end of July, ICE announced that it would offer recruitment bonds of up to US $ 50,000 and help for student loans to the American and heroic Americans interested in collaborating with the government deportation campaign.
The agency not only looks for agents to execute arrests, but also lawyers, criminal investigators, student visa evaluators and other profiles.
As part of the campaign, the DHS presented recruitment posters similar to those used during World War II, with the phrase “the United States needs you” and “defends the homeland” and with images of Uncle Sam, President Donald Trump, of the secretary of the DHS, Kristi Noem, and other officials.
“Your country calls you to serve in ICE,” Noem said in a statement. “This is a decisive moment in the history of our nation.”
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In addition to the bonus for joining the agency, and the reimbursement and forgiveness of student loans of up to US $ 60,000 for the youngest, ICE promises a potentially substantial extra payment for deportation agents and “better retirement benefits.”
On Wednesday, the agency said it had received more than 80,000 applications for 10,000 positions. Speaking to Fox News, Noem said they had eliminated age limits for applicants.
ICE currently has 20,000 agents and other support personnel, distributed throughout the country in 400 offices.
Deportation agents, which focus on the detention and expulsion management of undocumented migrants from the United States, receive salaries between US $ 49,739 and US $ 89,528 per year, depending on their experience and training.
About 150,000 people have been deported in the first six months of the Trump government, according to data obtained by CBS, the BBC's socia chain in the United States.
If the rhythm of 800 deportations per day is maintained, ICE will have carried out more than 300,000 deportations in the first year of Trump's government, well below the target of one million.
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In an interview with the Associated Press agency, the former ICE personnel chief of ICE Houser said that, although the agency has been needing more personnel, it causes concern that the standards can go down in the middle of the deportation campaign.
“If they begin to exempt the requirements as they did with the border patrol, there will be an exponential increase of the agents that will be fired after three years for a problem,” he warned.
The recruitment campaign occurs a few weeks after Trump signed its controversial budget law that allocates US $ 76,000 million to ICE, almost 10 times more than the agency had previously received.
This makes it the federal security agency with the greatest financing.
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