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Dean Cain to Receive Honorary ICE Swearing-In as Satire, Celebrity Backlash Mounts

Set to be sworn in as an honorary ICE officer next month, the former Superman actor enters a recruitment drive that has drawn late-night satire, celebrity denouncements, congressional jabs.

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Dean Cain speaks onstage at the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 25th Anniversary Reunion panel during New York Comic Con 2018 at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Oct. 5, 2018, in New York City.
Comedian John Oliver took aim at actor Dean Cain's decision to join ICE.
Dean Cain speaks onstage at the "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" 25th Anniversary Reunion Panel during New York Comic Con at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 5, 2018 in New York City. In the inset image, John Oliver accepts the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" during the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

Overview

  • A DHS official confirmed that Cain will take the oath as an honorary ICE agent next month under the agency’s Defend the Homeland recruitment drive.
  • Cain responded on X to John Oliver’s mockery by accusing the comedian of lifting his ‘mask’ joke from the internet and defending his films and decision to join ICE.
  • Performers from John Leguizamo to Margaret Cho have publicly denounced Cain’s enlistment, with Cho invoking his Japanese American heritage and family internment history.
  • The Defend the Homeland campaign seeks to hire up to 10,000 new agents by offering a $50,000 signing bonus, student loan forgiveness and removing prior age restrictions.
  • Cain, who previously served as a reserve police officer in Idaho and a deputy sheriff in Virginia, says his move reflects a commitment to frontline security and urges others to join ICE.