I skipped the steps of the application process that would have clued the agency in on my lack of fitness for the position. I made no effort to hide my public loathing of the agency, what it stands for, and the administration that runs it. And they offered me the job anyway.

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[–] 150 points 9 months ago (31 children)

I made no effort to hide my public loathing of the agency, what it stands for, and the administration that runs it. And they offered me the job anyway.

That is far better than I expected, not worse. Hopefully there are enough of such folks that we can get some internal resistance going.

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  • [–] 60 points 9 months ago (22 children)

    Yup. If I get fired I'm definitely applying and they'll regret hiring me.

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  • [–] 95 points 9 months ago* (21 children)

    Things ICE agents shouldn't do:

    • Download a virus on work computer
    • Accidentally drop cell keys into detainee areas
    • LSD in office coffee machine
    • Crash patrol vehicle into ocean
    • Arrest spouses of other ICE agents
    • Arrest all of Trump's wives
    • Racially profile Kash Patel
    • Irrigate ammo storage areas
    • Disco Elysium stuff
    • Break into empty buildings with absentee landowners and leave them open.
    • Fake your arrest numbers
    • Deport MAGA immigrants
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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (10 children)

    asking for a friendv does the LSD in the coffee machine work? i mean doesn't it get burned or damaged?

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  • [–] 35 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Good question, I looked and it is unstable at higher temps!

    Ketamine, however, is higher-temp stable ;)

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, it works, but also yes, high temps will destroy LSD. So if it was a brand-new-scalding-hot pot, it would probably degrade. Would you still feel it? Idk. If it's a lukewarm pot though, you'll probably trip just fine.

    For informational purposes only, obviously.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This happened at my Junior High School the year after I had left, but it turns out it was iced tea, not hot tea: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-11-mn-47764-story.html

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Ugh, poor guy. Being dosed can be a lot of fun given a handful of strict conditions, but otherwise it's worse than battery IMO. I can't imagine having no experience with LSD and being dosed at work.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I dunno about giving a bunch of unknowingly LSD who also happen to have access to guns and the ability to destroy lives. Seems like a bad idea.

    Now laxaitives or sediatives, that's a different story. Cna't shoot innocent people if you're too busy shitting on the toilet or asleep at the wheel.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    actually, i'm thinking maybe joining ice could get me the drugs i need to live easier. also i could deport people to i don't know honolulu

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  • [–] 32 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    The point was that they clearly aren't checking up on anyone they hire. Meaning literal nazis can easily get in without anyone noticing or caring.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    ...I mean that implies they wouldn't hire Nazis if they were screening.

    America inspired the Nazis. This is nothing new. Our country is founded on genocide and built by slavery. The only reason decorum has been maintained as long as it has is because the propaganda/distraction machine worked so well until they broke it on Israel and forgetting to give people enough money to eat.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Not really, it implies they have plausible deniability because they can just pretend a "mistake" like that is a one off, if discovered. "Oh whoopsy, one slipped through!"

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    The LA Sherriff's Department was revealed to have gangs in their ranks which would go out and party and get commemorative gang tattoos after they killed their first person.

    Basically nothing happened as a result.

    You drastically overestimate the extent to which there is oversight or accountability for any so-called 'law enforcement' in this country.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    You're making a huge mistake if you think I believe that would ever care from a morality standpoint. What I am saying is that they would prefer to appear to be checking and also not have records indicating they would hire known racists/criminals. My theory seems to line up with the author of this article's experience.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Again, they got gang tattoos. They're not worried about hiding anything or keeping up appearances. They have guns and the government on their side. They are the dogs of the ruling class. Most of us don't even have guns... yet.

    Not to even get into the DHS Twitter posting "14 words" tweets and other barely-veiled white supremacist propaganda.

    My theory seems to line up with the author of this article’s experience.

    They hired her without even bothering to check that she's a massive ICE detractor, how does that support your position? It's a hiring process, a necessary part of getting boots on the ground, not a meaningful screening process and not really presented as one.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    If I'm wrong and you're right then they literally would not have been requesting that paperwork at all. I'm not sure what this conversation is because we are on the same side and I haven't remotely said anything in defense of any kind of decency on the behalf of law enforcement. I was just pitching a reasonable theory as to why they'd request screening paperwork at all if it literally didn't matter and you'd get accepted anyhow.

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