Trump Threatens to Place ICE Agents at Airports If Democrats Don’t Agree to Fund DHS
President Donald Trump has threatened to place U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at airports if Democrats do not agree to defund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
In an article on Truth Social, Trump explained that if Democratic lawmakers “don’t immediately sign a deal” to fund DHS, he would place ICE agents at airports to “provide security like no one has ever seen before,” including allowing them to arrest all illegal aliens in the United States.
“If the Radical Left Democrats do not immediately sign a deal to make our country, especially our airports, FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE agents into the airports where they will provide security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all illegal immigrants who have entered our country, with special emphasis on those from Somalia, who have totally destroyed, with the approval of a Governor, Attorney General and Congressman corrupt, Ilhan Omar, the former great state of Minnesota,” Trump wrote.
Trump’s message comes after “three people” who were granted anonymity were told Policy that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) “considers bringing a stalled bill” to fund DHS “in the House a third time next week.”
Johnson’s announced plans come as Senate Democrats have “refused to approve DHS funding without adding new restrictions on immigration enforcement,” according to the outlet.
With lawmakers still unable to reach a deal to fund DHS, which is in charge of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), many airports in the United States have seen long TSA lines as spring break travelers flood the airports.
Due to the DHS funding shutdown, TSA agents have had to work without pay. According to DHS, more than 300 TSA agents have been “fully on duty since the shutdown began” on Feb. 14, the Associated Press reported.
One person, Cameron Cochems, who is a “local TSA union leader” in Idaho, told the outlet that “it’s just exhausting” and that it feels like “this weight is getting heavier and heavier” every day.
