The Department of Homeland Security is ramping up efforts to recruit thousands of new agents for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Acting Director Todd Lyons told Newsmax Americans are answering the call.

In an interview on “Saturday Report,” Lyons said there’s overwhelming support for Defend the Homeland, ICE’s new hiring campaign launched with funding from President Donald Trump’s newly signed border-security package. The initiative includes up to $50,000 in signing bonuses and student loan forgiveness to attract qualified candidates.

“It’s been incredible, the outpouring of support not only from this administration but from Secretary Noem,” Lyons said, referencing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. “She let us have the latitude to go out there and recruit a lot of the folks that we lost under the last administration.”

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