Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports amid the partial government shutdown

[Bigfoot]

"President Donald Trump warned he could send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to U.S. airports and arrest illegal aliens if Democrats don’t agree to his budget demands to end the partial government shutdown."

Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports amid funding fight, vows arrests of illegal aliens

President Donald Trump warns he will deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports to arrest illegal immigrants if Democrats refuse to meet his demands to end the government shutdown.

www.foxnews.com

‘‘If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before,"

Trump's comments come as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been without new funding for roughly five weeks.

The impasse has left TSA agents working without pay, triggering staffing shortages and long airport lines nationwide, while raising concerns about the ability to prevent attacks.

 

[Bigfoot]

"President Trump warned ICE agents would immediately arrest illegal immigrants at US airports.
With a heavy emphasis on those from Somalia."






Maybe this will get the Democrats to do what's right and agree to funding DHS instead of just being a constant TDS roadblock to everything.

I predict libtard tears over the announcement of Trump possibly using ICE agents at airports.

 

[Bigfoot]

From the OP link...

"Elon Musk offered to cover the salaries of TSA personnel during the ongoing government funding standoff."

 

[zorro]

Effective 5am tomorrow morning

They will NOT be involved in screening, more of a security presence

TOTAL WASTE OF RESOURCES

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/trump-ice-agents-airports.html

 

[FP1201]

Effective 5am tomorrow morning

They will NOT be involved in screening, more of a security presence

TOTAL WASTE OF RESOURCES

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/trump-ice-agents-airports.html

Perhaps, but the effect it'll have on the democrats makes it all worth while.

 

[zorro]

I agree with the impact

However, the demoralizing impact on the ICE agents can’t be underestimated either

They are 100% pissed off at this - BIG TIME

 

[Zerex]

This will thin the lines a bit, as illegals attempting to fly, will stay home and cook tortillas instead.

 

[FP1201]

This will thin the lines a bit, as illegals attempting to fly, will stay home and cook tortillas instead.

Fly cross country perhaps, but not to fly back to their homeland....ICE will pay to self deport.
Pretty sure illegals try to move undetected and under the wire, so it would make little sense to purchase a Plane Ticket (which requires Government ID and your name is searched against data bases)...yea, I expect they'd have stayed where they're living too.

ICE Agents are working the Syracuse Airport: Trump not only threatened, but actually sent Officers in to do the job.

 

[Beerman]

ICE at airports = the height of political theater. They’re going nothing except standing around with their faces exposed. They look scared.

 

[Steal2B]

https://x.com/i/status/2035901762402652436

 

[Celt]

This will thin the lines a bit, as illegals attempting to fly, will stay home and cook tortillas instead.

Why am i not surprised by this comment. Seems pretty racist to me.

 

[byron]

My wife just landed in Miami no lines in the airport place was almost like a ghost town we facetimed and she showed me less than a handful checking in. she flys private and didn't say what it was like in NY at the airport she don't go thru TSA