The Department of Homeland Security is scrapping age limits for new Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruits as it ramps up hiring with a major funding boost from Congress.

Previously, applicants had to be at least 21 and no older than 37 or 40, depending on the role within the agency tasked with locating, arresting and detaining noncitizens lacking legal status. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox & Friends that applicants as young as 18 could now be “trained and ready.”

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  • i_drink_bleach [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    Gee… thanks. Being too old was definitely the thing that was holding me back from joining the gestapo.

    Also: YAY! Let’s give 18 year olds handguns and anonymity. I’m sure that will end well. I remember being 18-19. I was definitely a well-reasoned, rational adult, and not still an impulsive, hormonal teenager. Sure sure.