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ICE and its parent DHS have publicly offered recruitment and signing bonuses of up to $50,000 for new or returning ICE officers and reimbursed pay to local partners — but available reporting also show...
ICE’s public pay structure relies on federal salary schedules, hiring incentives (signing bonuses, LEAP, overtime) and program reimbursements rather than routine “per‑arrest” bonuses for its employees...
ICE has advertised signing and retention bonuses up to $50,000 as part of an aggressive hiring push, and some reporting notes additional incentives tied to retention or rapid case outcomes; the agency...
Available reporting documents hundreds of recent instances where ICE separated children from parents or caregivers — for example, ICE placed about 600 children in federal shelters this year, and local...
Voters’ reactions to María Corina Machado’s market-reform and privatization pitch are sharply divided: supporters and many market analysts hail a rapid privatization plan as a once-in-a-generation $1....
Public reporting and official DHS aggregates show wide disagreement on totals, but multiple reputable accounts conclude Obama-era removals (deportations and related expulsions) averaged substantially ...
Between 2017 and 2021 Mar‑a‑Lago served repeatedly as President Trump’s “Winter White House,” hosting foreign leaders (including Xi Jinping and Shinzo Abe), Cabinet‑level and policy meetings, and priv...
Reporting across identifies a mix of national coalitions and local activist groups as the principal organizers of recent anti‑ICE protests, prominently including , (which lists partners such as the AC...
Chevron maintained a commercial presence in Venezuela after the 2007 nationalization by accepting restructured, PDVSA‑controlled joint ventures and operating minority stakes in several projects (Chevr...
Amnesty International has published a 61‑page investigation alleging that detainees at Florida’s Everglades Detention Facility (“Alligator Alcatraz”) and the Krome processing center face inhuman condi...
Investigations and reporting show recent ICE proposals and internal memos offered cash incentives tied to speed or successful tracking of removals, and some plans were quickly withdrawn or criticized ...
Multiple mainstream outlets reported that Admiral Alvin Holsey (also referred to in some fringe outlets as “Halsey”) planned to retire at year’s end amid rising tensions over U.S. strikes on small boa...
You say you won’t donate to a “fight against false info” because you see “lack of facts and inaccurate info spread by the current admin.” Reporting and research show two linked realities: dismantling ...
Available sources in this set do not mention any new evidence or prosecutions that specifically reexamined a 2005 Palm Beach investigation; the recent reporting instead documents a range of law-enforc...