The American actor Dean Cain, best known for his starring role in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has said he is joining United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as an agent "ASAP".
US entertainment trade publication Variety reports that in an interview on Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime on Wednesday, the 59-year-old said: "I put out a recruitment video yesterday, I'm actually a sworn deputy sheriff and a reserve police officer.
"I wasn't part of ICE, but once I put that 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 told the show that America is "built on patriots stepping up, whether it was popular or not".
He described joining ICE as "the right thing" to do.
"We have a broken immigration system," he continued.
"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 he's going to see it through, and I'll do my part and help make sure it happens."
US President Donald Trump was elected to a second term with broad support for his promise to crack down on the entry and presence of undocumented migrants in the country.
He has pledged to deport record numbers of people in the country illegally and lock down the US-Mexico border, setting a goal for ICE to arrest at least 3,000 migrants per day.
But the sweeping immigration crackdown has also included people legally residing in the country, some with permanent residence, and has led to legal challenges, condemnation from human rights groups, and protests in US cities.
Speaking to celebrity website TMZ, Cain said "the American way" is "tremendously immigrant-friendly", adding that "there are rules".
In a previous Variety profile, Cain said he had been friends with President Trump "forever", describing him as "one of the most empathetic, wonderful, generous people you'll ever meet".
Additional Reporting: AFP/Reuters
