Anti-Trump US reporter says she was offered job at ICE after 'minimal vetting'

(Guardian) A reporter has become embroiled in a public dispute with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after penning an article on how she was in effect offered a position with the organization following an interview that took less than six minutes and did not require her to complete “a single signature on agency paperwork”.

Her hiring, and latter claim about the hiring process, have both been challenged by the Department of Homeland Security and called a “lie”.

In an article published this week, the Slate journalist Laura Jedeed described how she attended an ICE Career Expo in August 2025 at the Esports Stadium Arlington outside Dallas, Texas, where recruiters were advertising immediate hiring opportunities for deportation officers. While she said her initial plan “was to learn what it was like to apply to be an ICE agent”, Jedeed ultimately shared a breakdown of how she somehow ended up getting hired by the organization.

“DHS probably has no idea whether ICE offered me a job, which is kind of the point of the article: they have no idea what they’re doing,” she told the Guardian. ..................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/slate-reporter-ice-job-offer