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Trump orders the hiring of 20,000 new DHS agents within the next 60 days to "to conduct an intensive campaign" (www.whitehouse.gov)

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No later than 60 days after the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall supplement existing enforcement and removal operations by deputizing and contracting with State and local law enforcement officers, former Federal officers, officers and personnel within other Federal agencies, and other individuals to increase the enforcement and removal operations force of the Department of Homeland Security by no less than 20,000 officers in order to conduct an intensive campaign to remove illegal aliens who have failed to depart voluntarily.

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[–] immutable@lemm.ee 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good thing we are saving so much money we can afford to hire 20,000 brown shirts.

The median annual salary for DHS personnel is $72k

That’s an annual expense of $1.4B in payroll alone. Billions of taxpayer dollars so trump can have his own little army.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 20 points 2 days ago

Billions of taxpayer dollars so trump can have his own little army.

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