TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd made national news this week as he railed against Immigration and Customs Enforcement for trying to recruit his deputies.

ICE is under pressure from the Trump administration to hire 10,000 new agents, but some local law enforcement agencies aren’t happy with the way they’re going about it.

Judd said deputies from Polk County are now getting recruitment emails from ICE officials offering a potential $50,000 signing bonus and other benefits to join federal law enforcement.

NBC News reported that the emails went mostly to officers whose agencies participate in the 287(g) program that deputizes local and state law enforcement to assist ICE. All 67 counties in Florida have signed 287(g) agreements.

Judd said they’re targeting officers who have been specifically trained to assist in immigration enforcement, training that was paid for by his office.

“I mean, that’s biting the hand that’s feeding you,” Judd said in an interview on MSNBC. “And I am angry.”

The sheriff decried what he called a lack of professionalism and said the recruitment tactic damages the trust and respect between local and federal agencies at a time when collaboration between them is especially important.

Judd said he’s not the only sheriff who feels that way, and that he’d spoken with others who felt similarly blindsided by the move.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri was one of those sheriffs.

“ICE actively trying to use our partnership to recruit our personnel is wrong and we have expressed our concern to ICE leadership,” PCSO said in a statement to NBC News.

Judd also took aim at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who he held ultimately responsible for the new recruitment tactics.

“Kristi Noem needs to get on her big girl pants and do what’s right. She needs to make sure that there’s an apology,” Judd said.