The actor, who has also been a deputy sheriff in Idaho for the past 10 years, went on to laud the agency’s “great benefits and pay”, including a US$50,000 ($84,000) signing bonus announced last week by Noem, the Homeland Security Secretary.
“So if you want to help save America, ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and removing them from America’s streets,” said Cain, “We need your help to protect our homeland and our families.”
The actor, who starred as Clark Kent alongside Teri Hatcher’s Lois Lane from 1993 to 1997, made the announcement just a day before Noem lifted age restrictions on ICE agents amid a nationwide recruitment drive.
“We are ending the age cap for ICE law enforcement. Qualified candidates can now apply with no age limit,” Noem wrote on X this week.
ICE is the US government agency responsible for enforcing immigration and customs laws.
It helps police the border, stop international crime and handle the detention and removal of illegal immigrants and goods from the United States.
The agency has gained a controversial reputation during Trump’s second term, amid a crackdown on illegal migration.
ICE is now the biggest law enforcement body in the country, has become notorious for carrying out masked raids on immigrant communities, scooping up people from the street and arresting them at immigration hearings or inside courts.
ICE raids in California sparked protests in June, and then riots, that swept across the country, causing Trump to dispatch 4000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to quell the violence.
The President’s reaction sparked fury among Democrats, with Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California, branding the response the “acts of a dictator”.
Until recently, ICE had required recruits to be at least 21 and no older than 37, for criminal investigations. Deportation officers could not be older than 40.
Following the changes, recruits will still be required to complete a physical fitness test.
The agency is looking to make 10,000 additional hires after receiving billions of dollars in additional funding in Trump’s “big, beautiful Bill”. It has already received 80,000 applications, according to Noem.
“Calling all patriots. Submit your application TODAY,” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller wrote on X.
Illegal border crossings have hit the lowest level in decades under Trump’s crackdown.
Meanwhile, the heavy-handed tactics of Ice agents have sparked protests throughout the country, with the Department of Homeland Security reporting that there has been a corresponding 830% increase in assaults on staff.
Speaking to Fox News about his efforts to support the President’s deportation drive, Cain revealed that he “will be sworn in as an Ice agent asap”.
Asked if he will be on the front lines apprehending illegal migrants, the actor said: “I will do whatever [Ice director Todd Lyons] wants me to do. If that’s what it takes, absolutely. I somehow doubt I’ll be in that position, but I would be there in a heartbeat.”
A long-term Trump supporter, Cain recently hit out at James Gunn, the director of the new Superman film, for focusing on the protagonist’s immigrant identity.
“We know Superman is an immigrant – he’s a freaking alien … The ‘American way’ is immigrant friendly, tremendously immigrant friendly. But there are rules,” he said.
“There have to be limits, because we can’t have everybody in the United States. We can’t have everybody, society will fail. So there have to be limits.”
