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The Trump administration is planning a massive propaganda campaign aimed at recruiting thousands of new federal immigration enforcement officers to carry out its mass deportation agenda.

The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that it had obtained internal documents revealing that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to spend $100 million over the next year on what the agency describes as a “wartime recruitment” drive.

The propaganda blitz will be targeted at highly specific demographics, including “people who have attended UFC fights, listened to patriotic podcasts, or shown an interest in guns and tactical gear,” according to the Post.

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[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Here I am looking for a job while my government is handing out millions of dollars to the worst kind of shitty people. So great.

[–] Solrac@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

2026 is the year to EVACUATE the United States of Israel

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Awww, the $50K bonuses aren't pulling in the numbers?

Turns out, normal people just don't like doing evil shit for a stunningly corrupt dictator.

[–] LogicalFallacy@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're trying the Weimar Way, not working as smoothly as they'd hoped.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Weimar didn't have to deal with an audience that has already seen what happens to Nazis.

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not to mention that, when the Nazis overthrew the structures of their government, you could ask any supporter and they'd tell you all about how Hitler loved the German people and was passionate about restoring their national dignity.

It's getting harder and harder for even Trump's supporters to feel like he cares about them or America, let alone any undecideds that they're trying to pull in with this ad campaign.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Fair point that Trump is a hell of a lot worse at his job than Hitler was.

Hitler was a highly popular leader in Germany while Trump can't get past a 40% approval rating.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yup. America has the hindsight that Germany never had.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 hours ago

To be fair, America now has the scale and bandwidth of misinformation that the Nazis never had.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 22 hours ago

i heard theres a stipulation attached you have to be there certain number of years.

[–] who@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago

The Trump administration earlier in the year announced plans to entice new ICE recruits by offering them $50,000 sign-up bonuses and assistance with repaying student loans in a bid to double the agency’s head count.

Reminds me of this:

All over Russia, young men have been recruited to go to the front. Their families receive the equivalent of $2,000 to $20,000, or more, depending on the region. In three years, the government spent almost $38 billion, or 1.5 percent of Russia’s GDP, on these payments.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This won't end at deporting immigrants. "First they came for the immigrants..."

The sooner your launch meaningful protests the sooner you can end this.

[–] FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

We protest like hell! In the authorized places at the authorized times without getting too rowdy.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

I love guns. Fuck ICE

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] tonytins@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Two weeks? Seriously, he's been threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act all year.

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] tonytins@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Two weeks." I.e. they always delay this shit because they got nothing.

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ahhh, well October is martial law. There’s a pretty obvious ramping up to it.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was very nice of them to tell us in advance.

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe -1 points 1 day ago

Don’t waste it. Get out.