Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reported a surge of applications for employment despite escalating violence against its officers, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told Newsmax on Thursday.
“This is a dangerous job, what our law enforcement does every single day,” McLaughlin said on “Wake Up America.” “But what we’ve seen, and it’s been pretty inspiring, is 151,000 applications to join ICE, even though we’re only recruiting 10,000.”
She added that this is due to “the men and women of this country seeing the danger, but they also have real patriotism and want to serve their country.”
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