Los Angeles ¨C From Uncle Sam to Superman, the U.S. government is deploying patriotic icons and increasingly warlike rhetoric to recruit Americans into enforcing President Donald Trump¡¯s immigration crackdown.
Job ads promising $50,000 signing bonuses to new ¡°Deportation Officers¡± have flooded social media over the past week, accompanied by jingoistic rallying slogans that declare ¡°America Needs You.¡±
White House officials have shared World War I-style posters, including one with Uncle Sam donning an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) baseball cap, while a former Superman actor has pledged he will ¡°be sworn in as an ICE agent ASAP.¡±
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