"What's striking is less that the federal government is using Bible verses in its promotional videos than that the agency doing the recruiting is Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The videos, set to music, include militaristic images. They show heavily armed agents in tactical gear, weapons drawn, donning masks, looking through night-vision goggles, zip-lining from helicopters, breaking down doors, and conducting nighttime raids."
"From the February 2025 issue: The army of God comes out of the shadows The message the Trump administration is sending is not subtle: ICE is doing the work of God. The brutal and sometimes lethal tactics being used by a growing number of ICE agents are divinely sanctioned. Come join this holy campaign. Leni Riefenstahl would have approved. THE KILLING OF RENEE NICOLE GOOD by an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, has thrust the Department of Homeland Security into the red-hot center of American politics."
Kristi Noem has overseen Department of Homeland Security social-media recruitment videos that prominently feature Bible verses, including Isaiah 6:8, Proverbs 28:1, and Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. The videos pair scripture with militaristic imagery of heavily armed ICE agents conducting raids, night operations, and tactical insertions. The messaging presents Immigration and Customs Enforcement as performing divinely sanctioned work and invites viewers to join a holy campaign. Graphic footage of the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross provoked nationwide protests and vigils. Officials portrayed Good as a domestic terrorist, and the footage includes agents using epithets after the shooting.
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