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BumRushDaShow

(171,604 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 12:49 PM Mar 21

Trump says he will send ICE agents to airports if TSA funding stalls

Source: USA Today.

Updated March 21, 2026, 12:37 p.m. ET


President Donald Trump said March 21 that he will order Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to do security at U.S. airports unless Congress strikes an agreement for funding TSA airport security officers "immediately."

Trump said in a social media post that he would have the ICE agents not only providing security at airports, but also arresting people who have entered the U.S. without authorization.

"I look forward to seeing ICE in action at our Airports. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" the president posted.

In the past month, about 50,000 TSA airport security employees have been forced to work without pay, as a result of a partial government shutdown.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/21/trump-tsa-shutdown-ice-agents/89262474007/



Trump said in a social media post that he would have the ICE agents not only providing security at airports, but also arresting people who have entered the U.S. without authorization.


He obviously has ZERO idea about what CBP does, part of which is to screen people entering the country "for their papers".

TSA doesn't do that, CUSTOMS does. And CBP employees aren't getting paid either.
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Trump says he will send ICE agents to airports if TSA funding stalls (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 21 OP
Good; at least we will see who they are. LakeVermilion Mar 21 #1
I thought he wasn't signing any bills? JBTaurus83 Mar 21 #2
Except for the ones he likes... WestMichRad Mar 21 #12
Fuck the training; full speed backwards. twodogsbarking Mar 21 #3
What are THEY going to do? 2naSalit Mar 21 #4
ICE, his personal hit squad. twodogsbarking Mar 21 #5
This is just stupid and cruel enough Hey Joe Mar 21 #6
Expect to see ICE arresting airport staff if this happens muriel_volestrangler Mar 21 #7
So, the Gestapo is going to be checking people's papers like in Indiana Jones and the Last crusade? cstanleytech Mar 21 #8
So he thinks they'll be okay with working without pay? And no firearms or body armor or masks? ChicagoTeamster Mar 21 #9
Air travelers could use a good beating! Turbineguy Mar 21 #10
No travel problems. BidenRocks Mar 21 #11
ICE is more likely to start a hijacking than to prevent one. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 21 #13
Brilliant!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 21 #14
Travel by train is getting to look more attractive generalbetrayus Mar 21 #15
Well if he wants to bring the airline industry to a crashing halt Javaman Mar 21 #16
A crashing halt.... Bayard Mar 21 #21
ICE's new slogan BaronChocula Mar 21 #17
So we're just normalizing the spectacle of his gestapo patrolling public places, now? 0rganism Mar 21 #18
Becoming MORE Hitler Every Day Mr.Bee Mar 21 #19
Knuckle-dragging goons... BurnDoubt Mar 21 #20

2naSalit

(103,790 posts)
4. What are THEY going to do?
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 01:00 PM
Mar 21

Stand there and point their guns at people putting their stuff in trays?

Point their guns at the TSA workers and make them do their jobs without pay while being terrorized by ICE?

I guess ICE is fuckhead's answer to everything. His very own thug squads.

Hey Joe

(752 posts)
6. This is just stupid and cruel enough
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 01:02 PM
Mar 21

To be a Steven Miller idea.
But maybe it’s good for all Americans to get a taste of ICEs gestapo tactics.
This won’t turn out well.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,493 posts)
7. Expect to see ICE arresting airport staff if this happens
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 01:09 PM
Mar 21

and people waiting to greet others at arrivals. Depending on their skin colour, of course.

cstanleytech

(28,571 posts)
8. So, the Gestapo is going to be checking people's papers like in Indiana Jones and the Last crusade?
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 01:12 PM
Mar 21

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,931 posts)
14. Brilliant!!!!
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 02:35 PM
Mar 21

Nothing will do more to hurt the travel industry than employing a bunch of untrained thugs at the airports.

0rganism

(25,696 posts)
18. So we're just normalizing the spectacle of his gestapo patrolling public places, now?
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 03:09 PM
Mar 21

F47 can just decree he'll send in his paramilitaries whenever and wherever he likes, and we're supposed to be okay with it? Because ICE is the only DHS branch with any funding, besides whatever Elon maybe chips in? So we just accept that these masked vigilante goons will be patrolling the airports, demanding papers from travelers on the concourse, yanking terrified people out of snaking TSA lines for cavity searches at will? And the news media cajoles a docile public into accepting such deployment beforehand, in the name of security?

If things go this way, let's not pretend we live in an actual democratic republic having free & fair elections this November. We can drop the farce, rip off the bandage, and prioritize planning a general strike for January.

Mr.Bee

(1,888 posts)
19. Becoming MORE Hitler Every Day
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 06:11 PM
Mar 21

American Citizens will you stand and fight or admit you are MAGA for mercy?

BurnDoubt

(1,844 posts)
20. Knuckle-dragging goons...
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 06:19 PM
Mar 21

That’s certain to quell the discontent.
Just another excuse for declaring martial law.
It’s entirely possible that the gestapo tactics are having an effect on the opinions of the citizens watching the brutality that is ICE.
Wait til they start clubbing angry passengers and disappearing them to unknown destinations. And if they club some White People, then the shit will hit the fan.
Another adventure from "the Gang that couldn’t shoot straight”.
Classic.

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