New Jersey lawmakers introduced a bill this week that could bar some U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel from ever holding public jobs in the state.
The legislative package includes:
A bill, A4302, that would disqualify ICE agents and officers who served between Sept. 1, 2025, and Jan. 20, 2029, from getting a public job in New Jersey in the future. They would be banned from becoming state or local government employees, including law enforcement officers and public school teachers.
A bill, A4300, that would impose a 50% tax on the gross receipts of private detention facilities operating under government contracts. The money would be directed to a new Immigrant Protection Fund.
A bill, A4301, that would make it a criminal offense for anyone — including federal ICE officers — to block state, county or municipal law enforcement from accessing crime scenes or evidence.___
ICE agents are given a bonus of $50k over 5 years, roughly 10k a year. There is a clause in their contract that if they leave they have to pay back that bonus. There is zero likelihood ICE lasts with this budget for 5 years so there will be a downsizing to fit the available money.
ICE agents in New Jersey will be unable to find a job to pay back the federal government the (at least) $20k and be debt trapped in the system they are trying to protect. It’s some justice.
It’s more like Ouroboros, the system won’t die, it just eats itself.