Article in The New Republic by Hafiz Rashid, 1/14/26
Headline: “DHS Picks Fight With Reporter Who Exposed ICE’s Shoddy Hiring”
Subhead: “The Department of Homeland Security is pissed after Laura Jedeed revealed how she got a job offer from ICE in just six minutes.”
“The Department of Homeland Security attempted to discredit a journalist Wednesday and was quickly embarrassed.
“On Tuesday, Slate published a bombshell article by Laura Jedeed outlining how she had somehow slipped through ICE’s screening process to be offered a job by the agency despite failing to complete any of the required paperwork, including a background check. The next day, DHS tried to claim Jedeed’s article was ‘such a lazy lie.’. . .”
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https://newrepublic.com/post/205300/dhs-fight-reporter-exposed-ice-job-hiring
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Article in Democracy Now by Smy Goodman, 1/14/26
Headline: “Journalist Tests ICE Recruitment; Surprised to Find Herself Hired with No Background Check”
“ ‘They didn’t ask very many questions.’ Independent journalist and U.S. military veteran Laura Jedeed recounts how she was hired as a deportation officer by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a six-minute interview at a job fair in Texas, despite never signing any paperwork, not having completed a background check, likely failing a drug test, and publicly sharing her opposition to the Trump administration and its anti-immigrant crackdown. . .”
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