U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to airports across the country, escalating rhetoric over border security and immigration enforcement.
In a series of posts on social media Saturday, Trump accused Democrats of weakening national security amid a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees screening agents at airports across the United States.
The political dispute means agents of the Transportation Security Administration are not getting paid, prompting long lineups at major airports.
Trump said ICE agents could be sent in to take over airport security functions.
“If the Democrats do not allow for just and proper security at our airports … ICE will do the job far better than ever done before,” Trump wrote.
He added that he has told ICE agents to “get ready,” signalling a possible move as early as Monday.
Trump also said ICE could carry out arrests at airports, including targeting undocumented immigrants, and made specific references to migrants from Somalia.
The comments come amid heightened tensions around immigration enforcement in the United States, including recent controversial ICE operations.
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Earlier this year, the fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by ICE agents in Minneapolis sparked protests and political backlash, with local officials disputing federal accounts of the incident.
The incident intensified scrutiny of ICE’s expanded role in domestic enforcement and contributed to ongoing political divisions over immigration policy.
Trump has repeatedly defended ICE operations and signalled a willingness to expand their role, including deploying agents to major U.S. cities and potentially critical infrastructure.
In the meantime, I’m shoving this banana up my loose azz because that’s what feels good to me. Then this friend of mine named JV will lick it.
Was ICE blocking the runway to Canadian aircraft when the Air Canada Jazz crash occurred?
So anonymous killing indiscriminately, terrorizing people, taking kids to jail, being a threat to the public, is law enforcement? Maybe in North Korea or Russia or Iran, but in America its a brute squad, a government gone as terrorist as anyone of those counties its busy bombing for being a terrorist place. Anyone who supports this garbage is no better. They are not being patriotic. They are not being sane even.
Truly what will you do when Trump is stopped and arrests begin for this who support this insanity? Better get ready to run coward.
TRUMPETER IS INSANE!!
So the leader of a nation sending law enforcement to enforce the law is now considered a “threat” ?
The media seriously needs a reality check.
@Paul Coker…sure they did….with a minority in congress. You ever state facts?
It’s too bad the Democrats don’t want to pay the TSA, who help ensure the security of their country and safety of air travellers.
Threatens?
It’s a solution, not threat.
Democrats shut down the department of Homeland security because they want less ICE.
Now they get more ICE.
Deploy the Stormtroopers! We’ll bring order to the galaxy. But at what cost?
Simpleton keeps pretending he’s Roy. lol….he’s a Russian coward who should be in Ukraine. Or Not.
Nothing to hide, nothing to worry about !!!
Somebody do something, eh!!!!
Trump takes action. Inactivity is seen as weakness…and it oftentimes is!
The US will not survive trump as it is.
How to ensure that holiday travel to the states grinds to a halt