Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security’s ICE hiring is in “chaos” and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over “lagging” deportation numbers.

A DHS source told The Daily Beast on Monday that President Donald Trump’s push to “throw money around” while "panic at the top of government” has unfolded with Miller’s disappointment over agents not reaching Trump’s goal of 3,000 deportations per day.

“There are calls with Miller, where everyone is being screamed at,” the official told The Beast. “The targets he is setting for them are ridiculous, and it is a case of them just spending any money they can to increase the number of officers and deportations.”

Hiring within the agency has also presented other problems — agents joining before badges, system access or guns are available. Some say the money offer is luring veteran agents back and “insiders claim that the crash program has led to disorder, with some veteran agents performing minimal work for substantial pay and ballooning costs.”

Former executive-level leaders from HSI and Enforcement and Removal Operations have returned to the agency, “some of them taking home north of $250,000 for office-based shiftwork, per multiple sources who spoke to the Beast,” the outlet reports.

Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, has claimed that many of the new agents would be law enforcement returnees.

However, according to several insiders, several former senior employees have returned to the federal pay scale.

“With locality pay in high-cost areas—such as parts of Texas, California, and New York—adding 35 percent or more to a basic salary, agents can earn up to $137,000 in the majority of the country. This rises to $171,268 in more expensive parts of the country, such as San Jose and San Francisco,” The Beast reports.

Sources say that overtime pay has also added to the high paychecks, in addition to “ongoing federal pensions worth around $8,000–$9,000 a month, and some rehires can land well in excess of a quarter of a million annually.”

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    there are videos of him when he was 17 around the time of abu gharib, he was so callously evil he believes in that sht tortue, and people mentioned he was also losing his hair around that time.

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      Yup

      Americans, now living under neo-Confederate occupation, completely shocked and watching Stephen Miller left to the mercy of the “useless idiots,” he screamed at for not hurting enough people and making him rich fast enough.

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    some of them taking home north of $250,000 for office-based shiftwork

    Sucking up resources and not actually shooting and teargassing innocent people? These are the least-awful people there!

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    As a legal green card holder this just worries me, they need numbers and we are just an easy target, I didn’t do anything wrong but maybe they find an excuse anyway. It’s really scary.

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      I can see how that’s so stressful. I don’t want to dox myself but I was also potentially a target of this admin in some other way (there are many groups who are being targeted for all kinds of reasons), and the constant uncertainty is a real killer.

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        I just want to make sure that you are connected with your local community.

        You aren’t alone, and friends are everywhere. So long as they can count on you, you can count on friends.

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    Can we deport Stephen Miller back to the fiery pit from which he came?

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    Miller should be grateful that “lagging numbers” are the worst thing he’s had to deal with, so far. We’ve been FAR more patient with ICE than they deserve.

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      ICE is being extra cruel because of this. The numbers Miller expect are outrageous, which is why ICE does everything they can to meet them. Grab a guy who was just walking out of his immigration hearing? Drag mothers from their cars while their kid is inside crying? Raid entire apartment blocks? That’s exactly what happens when law enforcement has to meet a quota at any cost.

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        He wants to murder people by the thousands, Nazi-style. It’s his hottest fantasy, and he is sooo close. To justify that, he needs so many detainees, that it is impossible to deal with them any other way than a final solution.

        So these guys better get crackin,’ PeeWee Himmler needs to his rocks off.

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        The numbers Miller expect are outrageous, which is why ICE does everything they can to meet them.

        Just wait until there is a juicy target like a soccer stadium full of people with non-english accents…

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      Miller knows he’s also in danger.

      I personally know people who would take the first opportunity they had to make sure he could never cause as much damage as he has again.

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    “Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that.”

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    insiders claim that the crash program has led to disorder, with some veteran agents performing minimal work for substantial pay and ballooning costs.

    Listen, we only care about efficiency and abuse of funds if it’s some poor person getting healthcare or food! Otherwise it’s totally legitimate usage of public funds!

    Fucking hypocrites as usual…

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    Of course Pee-wee German is angry. He can’t achieve orgasm without deportations. He’s dealing with a serious case of tiny blue balls.

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      What’s funny is he’s getting his wish but still furious.

      Most “deportations” happen (or happened) at the border. Since the new admin, border crossings dropped to zero. So the deportations are actually lower than last year despite Stephen’s shouting.

      But I’m not happy until he’s not happy, so good news there. Bad news for all law-abiding residents, though.

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        He’s created an entire fantasy world and gets mad that his fantasy isn’t what he pictured. It’s insane.

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      He actually can’t achieve orgasm without simultaneously choking a hooker, but his arms are nowhere near strong enough (effectively rendering him orgasmless).

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    Stephen Miller is the biggest piece of shit I have ever seen. I want to personally punch him in the face more than anyone else on the planet.

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      Wait, can you clarify that for me? Are you saying that you want to punch him in the face more than you want to punch anyone else on the planet? Or… are you saying that you more than anyone else on the planet, want to punch him in the face?

      Cause it could be read either way… And while it might not seem like a huge distinction, if you meant the latter, you may have to get in line.

      Be prepared for a long line…

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        I want to punch him more than I’d like to punch anyone else. I don’t deserve to be the first in the line to punch him in the nose, but I’d like to be.

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      Wow. That is just. Wow. Ok… I guess the unhinged loony left strikes again.

      How childish, and, and,… and just so uncalled for that you would stoop to such a level, as to imply that I… ::nervous cry/laugh::

      I mean, you heard my wife say I was a sexual matador. We worked very hard to come up with that line. It took us all night to think of something that so perfectly conveyed brute strength and masculinity as theatre performed for an audience and the illusion of control.

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      I dunno if Stephen Miller has a small dick or not, but if he did and was really hung up about it, would he act any different?