Dean Cain might have performed one of many world’s most well-known immigrants on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, however he’s itching to assist ramp up deportations in actual life. Throughout an look on Fox Information’ Jesse Watters Primetime on Wednesday, the one-time Superman actor revealed his plans to hitch the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) company.
“I put out a recruitment video yesterday — I’m truly a sworn deputy sheriff and a reserve police officer — I wasn’t a part of ICE, however as soon as I put that on the market and you place a bit blurb in your present, it went loopy,” he mentioned. “So now I’ve spoken with some officers over at ICE, and I will probably be sworn in as an ICE agent ASAP.”
Cain continued by criticizing the USA’ “damaged immigration system,” saying, “Congress wants to repair it, however within the interim, President Trump ran on this. He’s delivering on this. That is what folks voted for. It’s what I voted for, and he’s going to see it by means of, and I’ll do my half and assist be certain that it occurs.”
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“This nation was constructed on patriots stepping up, whether or not it was in style or not, and doing the precise factor. I really consider that is the precise factor,” he added.
Cain, who performed Clark Kent/Superman on Lois & Clark from 1993 to 1997, is a vocal supporter of Trump. He not too long ago shared his stance on immigration in a TMZ interview, addressing James Gunn’s feedback in The Occasions of London, which acknowledged that Superman is an “immigrant” and “the story of America.”
“Superman has at all times stood for ‘reality, justice and the American approach,’ and the ‘American approach’ is immigrant-friendly, tremendously immigrant-friendly,” Cain mentioned. “However there are guidelines. You’ll be able to’t are available saying, ‘I wish to do away with all the foundations in America, as a result of I would like it to be extra like Somalia.’ Effectively, that doesn’t work, since you needed to go away Somalia to come back right here… There should be limits, as a result of we are able to’t have all people in the USA.”
Cain’s pledge to hitch ICE comes because the Trump administration has accelerated immigration raids at worksites, streets, and Residence Depot parking heaps. ICE launched a hiring initiative for 10,000 positions on July twenty ninth, providing recruitment bonuses of as much as $50,000 and that includes posters that declared “Defend the Homeland” and “America Wants You.”
The recruitment drive, funded by a current $76 billion allocation that makes ICE the highest-funded federal legislation enforcement company, has drawn over 80,000 candidates as of Wednesday — a quantity that now contains Dean Cain.