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Trump Drops New Ultimatum: Fund DHS or ICE Moves Into Airports
Trump Drops New Ultimatum: Fund DHS or ICE Moves Into Airports
Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents at airports if DHS funding isn't approved, aiming to ease TSA delays.
redstate.com
The seeming impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is causing havoc in the nation's airports, with long lines at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints, as TSA employees are working without pay, and some of them are starting to walk off the job. We can scarcely blame them for not caring to work for free.
Now, President Trump is looking to prod Democrats into getting DHS funded by threatening to put Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the airports in place of the unpaid TSA workers. And, as you might expect, the ICE agents will be arresting any illegal aliens they encounter on the spot.
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Now that's an interesting notion. It's unclear if the president has the legal authority to do this, but TSA and ICE are both under the control of the executive branch and therefore answer, ultimately, to the president - so he very well might.
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Note that this will not only make Democrats' heads explode, but it may actually relieve some of the pressure on travelers. Speaking as one who was a more-or-less professional traveler for many years, a long journey in the friendly skies is already stressful enough without waiting for two or three hours in the screening line. If President Trump is able to get those lines staffed and running, most travelers will remember that - not that a few illegal aliens got scooped up in the process. It's also a safe bet that illegals won't risk their illegal residency by strolling into an airport where ICE is doing the screening.
Two birds, one stone.
Note also the president's emphasis on Minnesota, where he calls out in particular Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05). That has to have Minnesota Democrats in a tizzy, and that's worth doing, every day and twice on Sunday.
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Prediction: If the president orders this, look for some tame Democrat-appointed judge to issue an injunction against ICE agents taking up TSA's duties in airports within a matter of days - maybe hours.
Commentary:
Love the idea.
Mainly because I like hearing about Democrat heads exploding. It's so appealing I would like him to do it even if they fund DHS.
Trump is such a genius. Whoever would have thought about doing this? Just brilliant.
What better way to give them a stroke than sending ICE agents to airports?
Back after 9/11, it was Democrats who were in the majority, that refused to hold a vote to create TSA, until they were allowed to be unionized. Democrats don't care much about National Security, but they sure do care about union money in their pockets.
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