While hundreds of jobs are being lost to AI, downsizing, or government intervention, ironically, we are getting some new positions–in the ICE department. An ICE detention facility in California City is recruiting nurses to help manage the ‘well-being’ of the patients, aka the oppressed detainees. Posting an ad on Indeed, the detention center is an “on the road” position that pays around $3K a week. Not a bad deal, at a glance! You just need to have at least one year of “ICE Detention experience,” according to the requirements.
For those wondering what exactly being an ICE nurse entails, one highly upvoted commenter put down the grounds for what would likely be expected of you. First, they explain that a contract nurse would be there for “plausible deniability,” so they would be able to say “there was a medical professional on site.” Simply put, “you’re there so it’s your ass on the line instead of theirs,” the user explains. They continue:
“You will have to participate in the human rights violations. You can’t just standby and “document it.” It will be your job to clean the wounds without pain medication, watch the pus seep, and it will be your job to keep them just alive enough for ice to make more miserable.”
And for those saying they’d be more compassionate to the detainees, the commenter puts it down well: “The nicest guard at Dachau was still a f*cking guard at Dachau.” It doesn’t matter if one of the employees at Auschwitz was a compassionate, empathic individual. They are still involved in inhumane activity, as is ICE. Others joke that they’d take the position just to wear a hidden camera and record what’s going on or report the mistreatment to the press. Of course, that’s not going to fly with the feds, but people would certainly see it as a valiant effort if anyone managed to do so.
Whatever the case, thousands of online users believe what the commenter said above. As a nurse for ICE, you probably won’t be given the proper resources to care for your patients. You’re just there for the sake of them saying that medical staff were present. As for the rather generous weekly pay, as one person puts it, “They’re just checking to see if you are willing to lie.”
