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ICE significantly expanded and publicized signing and other hiring bonuses in 2025 — offering “up to $50,000” for new recruits and returnees and additional payments such as a $10,000 annual bonus for ...
Becoming an ICE agent is a selective federal law‑enforcement career that requires more than a generic application: candidates must meet basic statutory eligibility (including U.S. citizenship, driving...
Federal job listings and reporting show ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) pay varies widely by occupation and grade: advertised Deportation Officer (a common ICE entry-level enforcement t...
The pathway to become an ICE special agent in 2025 requires meeting a mix of statutory, medical/fitness, vetting, and application-timing rules: candidates must generally be U.S. citizens, pass a backg...
The open reporting reviewed shows ICE is advertising signing/retention bonuses up to $50,000 as part of a large recruitment push, but none of the items examined contain the agency’s full, explicit rep...
The Department of Homeland Security announced it has waived upper age caps for new ICE law‑enforcement applicants — a change Secretary Kristi Noem framed as “ending the age cap” so “qualified candidat...
The core, consistently reported qualifications to become an ICE agent are clear: applicants must be , meet age and residency restrictions that vary by position, satisfy medical, fitness, background an...
The pay grade for ICE positions follows the federal General Schedule (GS) and Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) structures: entry-level agents often start at GS-5 or GL/GS-7 depending on role and qualific...
The sources provided do not state a definitive, single-duration that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents must remain on the job to retain a $50,000 signing bonus; public-facing job notice...
A person with a criminal record can sometimes apply to work for ICE, but a criminal conviction is a significant hurdle rather than an automatic bar. Federal suitability and vetting rules, ICE career g...
The pay for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers in 2025 is reported in job postings and media as ranging from roughly $49,739 to $89,528 for new hires, with returns/exper...
ICE pay and benefits in 2025 are reported as , with multiple sources citing entry-level Deportation/Removal Officer pay roughly in the $48k–$90k band and experienced criminal investigators or special ...
The best available reporting in mid-to-late 2025 places the typical entry-level ICE (Deportation Officer) base salary in a range roughly between per year, with hiring campaigns adding large bonuses an...
To become an ICE law-enforcement agent you must be a U.S. citizen, apply through USAJOBS, pass extensive vetting (background, polygraph in some cases), drug and medical screening, and complete 27 week...
To become an ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent in 2025, applicants generally must be U.S. citizens with a valid driver’s license, meet medical, drug and physical fitness requirement...
ICE and DHS have publicly advertised signing bonuses “up to $50,000” for new and returning personnel; the reporting and job postings describe the total maximum but do not specify in the cited material...
The ICE hiring process in 2025 is a fast-moving, multi-step federal pipeline that can take anywhere from several months to over a year from application to first day in the field, but in practice the t...
Becoming an ICE special agent requires meeting a mix of statutory, educational, and physical standards plus passing extensive vetting: citizenship, background investigation, medical and drug screens, ...
A person with a prior criminal conviction is not categorically barred from every job at ICE, but convictions are a common and significant disqualifier for sworn, firearms-authorized positions — especi...
A blanket "yes" or "no" cannot be extracted from the available reporting: for ICE law‑enforcement agent positions most public guidance and third‑party career guides state that any felony conviction is...