Despite their demand that reality is what they tell you
We looked on Wednesday at Laura Jedeed’s expose on ICE’s clownishly slack hiring practices described in her first-person Slate report. The Gummint, not known for having shame, was shamed enough to respond. The lying liars did what lying liars do. They lied. As sloppily as they vetted Jedeed.
This is such a lazy lie.
This individual was NEVER offered a job at ICE.
Applicants may receive a Tentative Selection Letter following their initial application and interview that is not a job offer. It just means they are invited to submit information for review, similar to any other applicant.
Jedeed brought receipts, including a video of her navigating the ICE Recruitment & Hiring portal and her notice of hire and a start date.
Jedeed spent the day talking in to a microphone as her story blew up online. She provided a thread of them. Here’s one.
Jedeed should expect some kind of investigation or other harassment.
I’ve told this story repeatedly about a customer’s encounter with a corporate shill:
“He was lying to me. I knew he was lying to me. He knew I knew he was lying to me. But he lied anyway, not because he had anything to gain from the lies, but because it was company policy.”
Lying is Trump administration policy as well. The difference is, their lies are not simply about denying responsibility. Their lies are a demand that reality is what they tell you.
The New Republic‘s Hafiz Rashid comments:
ICE’s recruitment strategies were already considered questionable prior to Jedeed’s article, but now their screening practices can be described as practically nonexistent. Disturbingly, Jedeed has exposed why so many ICE agents seem to be comfortable with flouting the law and engaging in wanton violence: They’ll take anybody.