Joseph Moore
person
Also written as: Moore · the Marine reservist and father of two · the recruit
Involved in
- A Marine reservist and father of two who was hired by ICE died by suicide days after being told he would lose the job.
- ICE officials believed they had talked Moore down, and Philadelphia police officers arrived with weapons drawn.
- The department expressed condolences to Moore's family and said the incident remains under investigation.
- Moore was hired in the fall as a deportation officer.
- Two of Moore's former colleagues at the Philadelphia office told the newspaper they believed he should not have been hired in the first place.
- Moore was one of roughly 12,000 recruits ICE brought on during a hiring push meant to support the Trump administration's mass-deportation goals.
- Joseph Moore died on 2026-08-28 outside ICE's Philadelphia field office, and the death was ruled a suicide by the Philadelphia medical examiner's office.
- In a 2020 letter to a Pennsylvania town's supervisors, Moore wrote, “Policing is in my blood,” adding, “There is no other career for me.”
- Moore died three days after ICE notified him that he would be fired and one day before his one-year anniversary with the agency.
- Moore enlisted in the Marines after high school.
- He graduated from a police academy in 2014.
- In Moore's case, ICE belatedly identified that he had been fired from two prior law‑enforcement agencies, according to the Post, based on employment records in federal court filings.
- He served about five years before shifting to a part‑time commitment as a reservist.
- Relatives said the firing notice came days after Moore filed a workers' compensation request tied to a car crash.
- Employment records cited in court filings showed Moore had been fired by two agencies and rejected by others before he found work as a police officer in a small city.
- Moore's family has questioned the ruling and how authorities handled the scene.
Statements attributed to it
- In a 2020 letter to a Pennsylvania town's supervisors, Moore wrote, “Policing is in my blood,” adding, “There is no other career for me.”
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Origin: first recognised while reading ICE is Quietly Firing Recruits, Including a Marine Reservist Who Died by Suicide · 2026-09-18 21:23