LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 -- Dean Cain is taking his hero act from Metropolis to the US-Mexico border.

The former Lois & Clark:The New Adventures of Superman star is set to be sworn in as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, the BBC reported today- joining one of the most controversial law enforcement agencies in the United States.

Cain, who played TV's Superman from 1993 to 1997, told Fox News yesterday: "I will be sworn in as an ICE agent asap."

Already a sworn deputy sheriff and reserve police officer, he said the move came after his recruitment video for ICE went viral.

"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," he explained.

According to the BBC, the D...