A public standoff erupted Wednesday between Slate reporter Laura Jedeed and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after she posted evidence to undercut DHS’s blunt denial that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ever offered her a job.
Jedeed wrote an exposé that ignited scrutiny of the ICE’s practices in its drive to recruit agents, claiming that she advanced through the agency’s hiring pipeline to the point of receiving a final job offer, despite not completing basic paperwork and undergoing what she described as “minimal vetting.”