I don't interpret their response that way.

As someone who is not in a good financial place, I would never work for ICE.

However, as someone who is not in a good financial place, if I realized I was probably working for an evil empire and couldn't change anything from the inside: I wouldn't be able to quit because my family would starve. I'd need to find another way to provide first, and that's not easy when you've got kids and debt in a bad job market.

Stocking grocery store shelves wouldn't pay the bills. That's fairy tale logic/something that people with means can joke about doing.

Heck yeah though, if stocking shelves paid 6 figures I'd apply immediately.