A few weeks ago, I went to Arlington, Texas to this video game competition arena.
It was about the size of a small college basketball arena.
But instead of video games, there was an ice recruiting fair there.
That's Robert Clemco, criminal justice reporter for The Post.
He showed up at this expo center
because the Department of Homeland Security is doing a huge hiring push.
They're hoping to recruit more officers for ice.
U.S. immigration and customs enforcement.
ICE wants to hire 10,000 new officers this year.
President Donald Trump is relying on ICE for his big immigration crackdown,
and the organization's mission is a broad one.
Some agents conduct global crime investigations into things like drug smuggling or human trafficking.
But many of the officers ICE is looking to hire will be tasked with arresting,
detaining, and removing unauthorized immigrants throughout the U.S.
To get its numbers up, ICE has promised some hires a signing bonus of up to $50,000.
That's on top of salaries that could be in the six figures.
This approach is divisive.
Robert was seeing some of that when he showed up at the arena.
As soon as you pull into the parking lot,
there's a group of about a dozen protesters out there accusing the applicants to ICE of being Nazis and signing up for the Gestapo.