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‘It’s pathetic’: Trump’s ICE recruitment drive is stalling as new hires can’t pass basic fitness test, report says (www.independent.co.uk)

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Critics have warned that lowered hiring standards and slashed training times will lead to an explosion of abuses by immigration officers

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[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly... Like I've thought of that. Get 100k+ a year, and then just slow roll, mix up numbers on paperwork, distract people with conversation so nothing gets done, etc if you had a loose internal network of accomplices, you'd at least be adopting the tactics that worked for your enemies. At which point you can learn to refine and counter

[–] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 31 points 2 weeks ago

Right. Just rusty cogs all working together to quietly bring the machine to a halt.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

And when you’re part of a team of 10 others as you pull over your van and get out to blackbag a 6 year old immigrant girl would you feel justified knowing that her terror you are personally contributing to is worth a few incorrect paperwork’s in a system that doesn’t care about the law?

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

If this becomes the 3rd Reich insiders will be important.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It keeps happening regardless, so why not do what you can as an insider. You need people on all fronts against a facist regime

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

How many times do you think we could get away with accidentally tasting our co workers?

Edit: Or Tasing them, I guess one could try tasting them though. Might throw them off hurting immigrants for a minute.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I dunno, they might kick you out the first time you lick or bite them.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tasing!! Stupid autocorrect.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I've thought about it. They wouldn't have me, but even if they would, if you swim in the shit, you get it all over you. At some point you would have to do something truly terrible or blow your cover and quit.

If you stay you will have to keep doing terrible things. Shindlers list is a tragedy and part of it was that Shindler was part of the machine.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

valid argument.

counterpoint, would you feel vindicated if nobody was internally documenting and circumventing the process to ensure that five, not one, 6 years old are terrorized a day?

[–] seejur@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Or maybe ziptie her and her parents quite loosely so at the first chance they can run away