Overview
- Laura Jedeed’s Slate exposé described a roughly six‑minute interview at an ICE career expo in Texas and a subsequent applicant portal that showed final offer and onboarding statuses.
- DHS publicly asserted on X that she was never offered a job, framing any communication as a Tentative Selection Letter rather than a formal offer.
- Jedeed countered by sharing a screen recording of the ICE hiring portal and related documents that appeared to display an acceptance, an “Entered on Duty” status, and a start date.
- Her account includes receiving a drug‑test request and seeing the system mark fitness and background checks as completed on dates that had not yet occurred, which she says she did not complete.
- As of January 15, the dispute remains unresolved with no agency retraction or announced audit, while the episode fuels scrutiny of an ICE hiring surge under the Trump administration.