🙅🏻♀️ Why Don't ICE Agents Quit?
Lots of other jobs out there ...
📡 On my Radar
LA is burning as people protest after ICE agents picked up and deported non-criminal undocumented immigrants.
I spent a decade working with immigration and border enforcement, so people keep asking me: why don't these folks just quit?
Who wants one of the most hated jobs in America? Who wants to wake up every day knowing they'll inflict fear on innocent families?
My guess? Fear.
Fear of losing their jobs. Their pensions. Their family's security. Fear of job hunting with "Immigration Enforcement Agent" on their resume.
So they rationalize. They tell themselves it's better that someone like them - the good guy with a conscience - does this job instead of someone who truly hates immigrants. Some think they can change the system from within. Most just hold their nose and hope to ride out the next 3½ years.
This is how authoritarianism works. Not through monsters, but through ordinary, fearful people who rationalize tyranny.
The solution? Make it easier for them to leave.
Though there are many diehard believers, there are also many ICE agents who don’t agree with this administration’s draconian and devastating system of immigration enforcement.
In 2019, there was a movement to help those ICE officers transition out - job training, interview prep, leads. Nothing like that exists now.
We need nonprofits, leaders, and advocates to build that bridge again. Make the exit ramp visible.
📈 By the Numbers
👊🏽 Make a Difference
19 jobs | 2 opportunities | 1 resource
JOB | L.A. County is hiring mental health clinicians and community health workers for their Alternative Crisis Response team.
JOB (7) | Masih Fouladi shares seven positions at the California Immigrant Policy Center including a Government Affairs Director position for their Sacramento team.
JOB | Laura Rudert shares a wonderful opportunity in Kenya with Expertise Global Consulting Ltd — a pan-African advisory firm redefining how public services are delivered across the continent. They're hiring a Director of Partnerships and Fundraising.
JOB | Floodbase is hiring a Chief of Staff. A superb opportunity to join a Series A stage climate-focused company.
RESOURCE | Friend Qasim Rashid has launched Just Win a consultancy that uses relational messaging to inspire and mobilize communities to advance economic justice, social equity, climate action, and protect our democracy.
OPPORTUNITY | Madison Marks shares the Rising Tide Foundation's Freedom in Practice grant program – eligible nonprofits can submit a Letter of Intent year-round.
JOB | ProPublica is seeking an investigative editor to help oversee and elevate the accountability journalism produced by reporters on our national staff.
OPPORTUNITY | Tech-enabled, women-led startups based in the UAE: Applications for the 7th edition of the Standard Chartered Women in Tech Accelerator.
JOB | Friend Jamie Elfenbien shares a new leadership role: Director of Philanthropic Partnerships at Mission 44. This role is London-based, with occasional travel.
JOB (5) | Art DelaCruz shares 5 roles at Team Rubicon, the United States’ pre-eminent disaster relief organization.
JOB (2) | Barry Friedman is hiring two positions at the Policing Project at NYU: A Senior Counsel for their litigation work, and a Policy Associate for their work Reimagining Public Safety.
🤓 This is Your Next
Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin, by Andrew M. Bailey, Bradley Rettler, Craig Warmke.
🙌🏽 FairNation
Written nearly four years ago. Still hits hard.