Ice entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and pledge of $50,000 signing bonuses

Brave and heroic Americans' campaign seeks investigators, officers and lawyers after agency gets funds from Congress

The agency responsible for carrying out Donald Trump's mass deportations is launching a recruiting campaign to entice brave and heroic Americans" to serve as new deportation officers, lawyers and investigators as the government gears up for a major expansion of immigration enforcement thanks to a recent infusion of money from Congress. The icing on the cake: a promise of up to $50,000 in signing bonuses.

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement campaign, which rolled out late Tuesday, recalls recruiting posters from the second world war with images of Uncle Sam and the words AMERICA NEEDS YOU." There also are photos of the US president and top homeland security officials with the words DEFEND THE HOMELAND" across the images.