The campaign. ICE is running a nationwide ad campaign, urging police officers to apply to join the federal agency.
ICE is recruiting more agents as part of President Donald Trump’s quest to crack down on crime by undocumented immigrants in cities.
Here’s the script:
“Attention law enforcement. You took an oath to protect and serve. To keep your family, your neighborhood, safe. But in too many cities, dangerous illegals walk free as police are forced to stand down. Join ICE and help us catch the worst of the worst. Drug traffickers, gang members, predators. Join the mission to protect America with bonuses up to $50,000 and generous benefits. Apply now join.ice.gov and fulfill your mission.”
The ad also says that the federal government will offer student loan forgiveness.
This ad is interesting because it criticizes local police department leadership for preventing law enforcement officers from going after undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes.
Here’s the spot, which we see running in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans.
Downtown download. Coinbase, the gigantic cryptocurrency exchange, has hired Avoq and Democratic lobbyist Steve Elmendorf to lobby on “[i]ssues related to digital assets and digital currency.”
The Iranian American Community of Florida has hired Foundry Public Affairs to lobby lawmakers on a bill that expresses “support for the Iranian people’s desires for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran,” and condemns “the Iranian regime’s terrorism, regional proxy war, internal suppression.”
The University of Notre Dame has hired Lewis-Burke Associates to lobby on “[i]ssues pertaining to higher education, research, science, and technology.”
Endorsement watch. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) is endorsing Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio). Lummis is one of crypto’s biggest supporters in the Senate and Husted is likely to face a challenge from former Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
