Surprise! Just one day before Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are supposed to be deployed to airports around the country to help reduce long lines caused by the partial government shutdown and spring break crowds, the Trump administration appears to have no coherent plan for what they will do.
Following Donald Trump’s announcement that ICE agents will be sent to airports starting on Monday to fill in for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who have been on the job without pay for more than a month, administration officials gave conflicting statements about what exactly this would entail.
Officials at ICE were caught off guard by the president’s directive and have been rushing to create a plan, CBS News reported.
White House border czar Tom Homan, who Trump said would be in charge of the operation, told CNN on Sunday that ICE agents will be assigned to jobs like securing exit gates, allowing trained TSA officers to focus on checkpoints and reducing wait times.
“I don’t see an ICE agent looking at an X-ray machine because they’re not trained in that,” Homan said.
But when CNN host Dana Bash asked for confirmation about whether ICE agents would be posted at security screening lines, Homan responded, “Those discussions are going on now.” He said the administration hoped to have a plan “by the end of [Sunday].”
41 Comments
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 117 pts · 164d
ICE has one purpose - instill fear and terrorize people.
darkmogool@feddit.org · 75 pts · 164d
Just normal SS things i guess.
orclev@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 164d
Don't give them that much credit, ICE are the brown shirts. If Trump ever gets his hands on some actual SS then the night of the long knives isn't far off. Trump would never tolerate a group that wasn't 100% loyal exclusively to himself if he didn't have to.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 33 pts · 164d
Calling it now, a couple of them are going to "oops, lost my gun" inside the airport.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 164d
The continued stupidity and utter incompetence of this administration continue to astound me.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 163d
Those are bad, but it's their malice that's really off the scale. So much hatred and spite.
SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 164d
They’ll increase learned helplessness among the people, and contribute to general Nazi-Germany vibe at the airports for all travelers, foreign and domestic. The fascism intensifies.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 23 pts · 164d
Violently terrorize innocent Americans and break up families, like usual.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 17 pts · 164d
The same thing they've been doing elsewhere? Kidnapping and murdering brown people.
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 164d
Slow shit down. Make everyone uncomfortable. Start shit. Be a bunch of fucking losers with guns and harass everyone.
massacre@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 164d
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 164d
Here's what one person witnessed them doing:
https://infosec.pub/post/43860705
Arcadeep@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 164d
Of course. Not even 24 hours into Monday
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 164d
20:00(ish) Sunday night, 22/3/2026
Vieric@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 164d
Oh you know, Brownshirt stuff...
Batman@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 164d
just imagine going through an ice line as a woman. tsa was already gropy, now they got fucking masks?
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 164d
Masks, body armor, and probably weapons of some kind.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 164d
Several kinds. Tasers, pistols, tear gas, flashbangs, batons, submachine guns, rifles...
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 164d
video i saw, they were just in hoodies and backpacks. looked like average travelers until they didn't
deacon@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 164d
The things that ICE could conceivably do with zero training are not coming from the same labor pool that keeps the check points moving.
This is theater at best, but in fairness most of airport security is theater too.
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 164d
This is gonna do wonders for airline stocks.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 164d
Listen. You can literally hear tourism drying and whithering and turning to dust.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 164d
US ceased to be a destination last year.
Drusas@fedia.io · 3 pts · 164d
Not internally.
raman_klogius@ani.social · 11 pts · 164d
Server admins literally told the Terrorists to spawn camp
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 10 pts · 164d
Annoy and distract the people working there. They don't have training, don't know the airports, and don't take any burden off the staff that's trying to work. Staff will need to take time away from their duties to on-board all these new people who aren't useful.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 164d
Literally the family guy meme
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 164d
already seen video of them abducting a woman
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 163d
this a training run for ICE at Polling Booths in the midterms?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 163d
That's what Steve Bannon is saying, and he's on the inside, so Yes.
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 164d
I am not confused. They will detain and ship peops off to Alligator Auschwitz in the blink of an eye (already did it this morning) all in the name of efficiency and easy pickins.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social · 8 pts · 164d
Hassle people in general. Assault and detain anyone who objects. Murder folks even they think they can get away with it. Just generally made the whole experience less safe for everyone.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 164d
Don’t forget kicking puppies! And falling down. And ejecting their clips when they draw. Fucking Keystone Gestapo.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 164d
What exactly will ICE do at airports? Accidently shoot each other.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 163d
When you pass them in the airport, tell them their children hate them. That know it's true, and it will eat at them.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 164d
Yes, very surprising indeed.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 163d
Of course, Papers Please.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 164d
To try and intimidated.... fucking traitors
kreskin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 163d
They will cause trouble and generally make asses of themselves, while serving no public purpose whatsoever. Same as always. And they will slow airports down even worse than they already are.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 164d
"Kneel and show your papers!"
Something tells me that won't speed things up any.
sepi@piefed.social · 3 pts · 164d
Deport everybody
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 163d
Harass brown people, duh.