Trump to Deploy "Surge" ICE Agents to Airports for Security Operations

[Seymour Flops]

This should be good news to both Democrats and Republicans, so long as they are not adversely affected by Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Democrats should rejoice at ICE agents being diverted from deporting the illegals their president and Border Czarina brought in, and Republicans, who often travel for work and leisure will be glad to see relief from the long lines at the airports.

"If the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before!" he wrote in a post on Truth Social, adding later, "I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, 'GET READY.'"

The move came hours after the president first threatened to move ICE agents to airports, writing in a post on Truth Social earlier Saturday, "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."

In the first post, Trump also said ICE agents’ work in airports would include “the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country.”

Oh.

Okay, with that last part, I suppose Democrats won't be happy after all.

Trump says he's sending federal immigration agents to airports on Monday amid DHS shutdown

Trump said ICE agents' work in airports would include "the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country."

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Augustine_]

This should be good news to both Democrats and Republicans, so long as they are not adversely affected by Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Democrats should rejoice at ICE agents being diverted from deporting the illegals their president and Border Czarina brought in, and Republicans, who often travel for work and leisure will be glad to see relief from the long lines at the airports.

"If the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before!" he wrote in a post on Truth Social, adding later, "I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, 'GET READY.'"

The move came hours after the president first threatened to move ICE agents to airports, writing in a post on Truth Social earlier Saturday, "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."

In the first post, Trump also said ICE agents’ work in airports would include “the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country.”

Oh.

Okay, with that last part, I suppose Democrats won't be happy after all.

Trump says he's sending federal immigration agents to airports on Monday amid DHS shutdown

Trump said ICE agents' work in airports would include "the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country."

www.nbcnews.com

Great so ICE will now assault and capture Americans and tourists at airports. That's just what the airline industry needs right now.

 

[Doc7505]

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

21 Mar 2026 ~~ By Ward Clark

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.

​

~Snip~
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.
~Snip~
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.
~Snip~
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.
Just in:

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[Blaster]

I bet democrats are going nuts.

 

[Augustine_]

Damn not only is Epstein Fury boning airlines up their buttholes but now the pedophile wants armed gunmen assaulting and capturing people in airports? Is the aviation industry not paying him enough in tributes or something?

 

[Rawley]

Damn not only is Epstein Fury boning airlines up their buttholes but now the pedophile wants armed gunmen assaulting and capturing people in airports? Is the aviation industry not paying him enough in tributes or something?

Your obsession with pedophilia is frightening.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Damn not only is Epstein Fury boning airlines up their buttholes but now the pedophile wants armed gunmen assaulting and capturing people in airports? Is the aviation industry not paying him enough in tributes or something?

TRANSLATION: "DANG! He out maneuvered us again"

 

[citygator]

I don’t care who works airport security. Probably the most effective they will have been since Trump was elected.

 

[pknopp]

Win/win. No added debt for the TSA and ICE off the streets.

 

[Augustine_]

Your obsession with pedophilia is frightening.

Sorry my government is literally protecting a global cabal of pedophiles to the point of starting wars that could bankrupt the globe. If it stops doing that we can talk about sports or something.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports if DHS shutdown doesn't end, while Elon Musk offers to cover TSA agents' pay

President Trump claimed ICE agents handling airport security would arrest immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.

www.cnbc.com

If Congress is content to letting Americans’ security at airport be strained, Trump will consider using ICE agents to handle TSA mission at Airports. Couple that with Musk proposing to pay TSA agents to come back.

Democrats should be happy. ICE will leave your voting base alone.

 

[Rawley]

Sorry my government is literally protecting a global cabal of pedophiles to the point of starting wars that could bankrupt the globe. If it stops doing that we can talk about sports or something.

QED Yet another post where you are discussion pedophilia. Just saying, your obsession with pedophilia is frightening.

 

[Augustine_]

QED Yet another post where you are discussion pedophilia. Just saying, your obsession with pedophilia is frightening.

Wow you want to let the pedophilia slide and let them get away with it? How demonic.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

OMG
That would enrage the Democrat Human Smugglers

 

[WorldWatcher]

So Trump is going to move ICE from capturing murderers and rapist off the streets to the airports where they can shoot unarmed civilians?

Brilliant!

WW

 

[BluesLegend]

I bet democrats are going nuts.

They just shit themselves. Democrats seemed determined to force America to hate their guts.

 

[Augustine_]

So Trump is going to move ICE from capturing murderers and rapist off the streets to the airports where they can shoot unarmed civilians?

Brilliant!

WW

It's because of his big brain. He's playing 5D chess against the airline industry. They're not going to know what hit them!

 

[Independent thinker]

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

21 Mar 2026 ~~ By Ward Clark

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.

​

~Snip~
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.
~Snip~
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.
~Snip~
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.
Just in:

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I would kind of find it interesting if the democrat judges were to rule that this isn't ICE's job or function because it would then beg the question, "Then what is ICE's job or function? Let them answer that question. Same thing with the national guard.

 

[kyzr]

So Trump is going to move ICE from capturing murderers and rapist off the streets to the airports where they can shoot unarmed civilians?
Brilliant! WW

It is BRILLIANT. The democrats WANT those murderers and rapists on their streets, or they would be cooperating with ICE

 

[Chuz Life]

Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports if DHS shutdown doesn't end, while Elon Musk offers to cover TSA agents' pay

President Trump claimed ICE agents handling airport security would arrest immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.

www.cnbc.com

If Congress is content to letting Americans’ security at airport be strained, Trump will consider using ICE agents to handle TSA mission at Airports. Couple that with Musk proposing to pay TSA agents to come back.

Democrats should be happy. ICE will leave your voting base alone.

Still playing Chess!