ICE Is Deploying To Airports. TSA Agents Say Its a Bad Idea

Starting on Monday, the Trump administration will be sending ICE agents to airports across the country, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan announced on Sunday. Funding for both ICE and TSA’s parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, lapsed on February 14 after the Senate could not pass a funding bill for the Department. Democrats have refused to sign off on a DHS funding bill without modest changes made to the rules governing ICE in its crackdown on immigrants, especially in light of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents. The lapse in funding has put a huge financial strain on TSA workers who are expected to work without pay for the second time in six months, with the first one being during the longest full government shutdown in U.S. history. A third of TSA agents working at half the busiest airports across the nation called out of work on Saturday. With airports working in reduced capacity, travelers have been met with incredibly long lines at security checkpoints. As Democrats stuck to their guns on DHS funding requirements, Trump threatened the ICE deployment on his Truth Social account on Saturday, claiming that the agents would not only help TSA but wo