Overview
- Slate reporter Laura Jedeed published video and screenshots of the ICE hiring portal indicating a final offer, an Entry On Duty date, and completed checks despite her saying she skipped required paperwork.
- DHS publicly rejected her account in an X post calling it “a lazy lie,” asserting she only received a tentative selection letter that is not a job offer.
- In follow-up comments reported by Blaze News, Jedeed said she did not receive a mailed final offer and allowed the portal status might be a glitch, and she ultimately declined the position.
- Jedeed says she reached the apparent hire stage after an interview of less than six minutes at an August 2025 career expo that asked only basic biographical and experience questions.
- The episode has intensified scrutiny of ICE’s recruitment and vetting practices during a hiring surge, with no independent audit or agency correction reported so far.