Trump’s ICE airport idea came after a radio host pitched it on Fox News | CNN Business

“Linda from Arizona,” a caller on a conservative talk radio show, might deserve the credit or blame for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deploying to airports across the United States today. The caller said on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show” last Friday, “I think I have a solution to the TSA problem.” She said, “We need to bring in ICE agents.” “It’s kind of a brilliant idea,” co-host Clay Travis said. About 24 hours later, on Saturday afternoon, President Trump announced his vision for ICE agents at airports. What happened in between? Travis appeared on one of Trump’s favorite Fox News shows and personally pitched the idea. CNN searched TV transcript databases and found no other mentions of the idea on major networks until Travis brought it up. On Monday, when ICE agents began the highly unusual and controversial assignment, Travis said, “I don’t think there’s any doubt” that the call to the radio show inspired Trump to take action. “This is why I always say, this is the most influential radio platform on the planet,” he remarked. “Well done, Linda,” co-host Buck Sexton added. During a Monday morning press gaggle, when a