WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued more than 1,000 tentative job offers since July 4 as part of a sweeping recruitment effort under the Trump administration, ICE officials announced Thursday.
The initiative, promoted as a cornerstone of President Donald Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s immigration policy, comes with major incentives, including $50,000 hiring bonuses and student loan forgiveness.
“We’re excited to welcome patriots who want to serve their country and make a difference in people’s daily lives,” said acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons.
Many of the offers have gone to former ICE officers and agents who left the agency during the Biden administration but are now being invited back into the fold.
“People were frustrated under the Biden administration,” said Lyons. “They couldn’t do the jobs they signed up to do. Now, people are lining up to work with us because they know our officers and agents are allowed to enforce immigration law fairly and across the board, and that’s a cause people really believe in.”
The effort is part of a broader move to rebuild and expand federal immigration enforcement under a renewed directive from the White House.
According to ICE, the new hires will be placed across field offices nationwide, supporting enforcement and removal operations, investigations, and detention services.
The wave of hiring represents one of ICE’s most aggressive recruitment campaigns in over a decade, with the agency stating it is focused on both experienced personnel and new applicants committed to immigration enforcement.
ICE leadership described the recruitment numbers as a “significant milestone” and indicated further hiring waves are expected through the fall.
The agency says those who received offers are currently undergoing background checks and security clearances before formal onboarding.
ICE’s large-scale hiring effort follows Trump’s broader immigration agenda, which includes expanded border enforcement, renewed deportation priorities, and the reinstatement of workplace immigration raids.
The offers come amid a shifting political climate and signaled return to stricter federal enforcement policies.
ICE says its post-July 4 hiring blitz is just the beginning of a long-term recruitment surge.