Former Superman Actor Joins ICE to Back Trump's Immigration Crackdown: 'This Country Was Built on Patriots Stepping Up'

Dean Cain, best known for portraying Superman in the 1990s television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has announced that he will be joining U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to support President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Speaking on Fox News, Cain confirmed he had begun the process of becoming an ICE agent:

"I'm actually a sworn deputy sheriff and a reserve police officer — I wasn't part of ICE, but once I put that [recruitment video] out there and you put a little blurb on your show, it went crazy. So now I've spoken with some officials over at ICE, and I will be sworn in as an ICE agent, ASAP"

Cain went on to describe his decision as a patriotic duty:

"This country was built on patriots stepping up, whether it was popular or not, and doing the right thing. We have a broken immigration system. Congress needs to fix it, but in the interim, President Trump ran on this. He is delivering on this. This is what people voted for — it's what I voted for — and I'll do my part."

ICE has significantly expanded operations as of late. Backed by a $75 billion increase in funding as part of Trump's so-called "big beautiful bill, the agency is targeting a daily minimum of 3,000 immigration arrests and is recruiting 10,000 new officers by 2029. As part of that effort, ICE launched "Operation Return to Mission," which incentivizes retired immigration officers to rejoin the agency with up to $50,000 in signing bonuses and pension-protected pay through a special federal waiver.

Job postings for roles like deportation officer and criminal investigator now feature patriotic imagery and language calling former agents back into service. "Now, your country is calling upon you to serve once more," reads the agency's recruitment site.

Cain, who recently criticized the latest Superman film as overly political, cited immigration as a defining issue. "Superman is an immigrant — we know that — but there have to be rules," he told TMZ as quoted by The Guardian. "We can't have everybody in the United States."

The film itself sparked debate after director James Gunn described Superman as "an immigrant that came from other places." While some cast members defended that framing as essential to the American story, conservative commentators labeled the film "woke" and criticized its messaging.