US President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to send the immigration police (ICE) to carry out security checks at US airports, where waiting times can last for hours due to a lack of specialized agents.
I will send our agents ICE, FOTO Profimedia
They have not been paid since February due to a partial budget paralysis, reports AFP, quoted by Agerpres.
“If the far-left democrats do not immediately sign an agreement to make our country, especially our airports, free and safe again, I will send our ICE agentsbrilliant and patriotic, at the airports, where they will take care of security”warned the American president on his social network Truth Social.
Funding for DHS – the department in particular responsible for airport security checks – has been frozen since February 14, due to the deep disagreement between Democrats and Republicans in Congress over the practices of the immigration police, which are highly contested by the left.
However, ICE is not trained for TSA procedures (screening, explosives detection, baggage control). They deal with arrests and deportations, not airport security.
The presence of ICE agents at airports would turn the checks into an immigration operation, not a security operation, according to critics of the idea.
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PLAYAWashington, March 21 /Agerpres/ – US President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday that he will send the immigration police (ICE) to carry out security checks at US airports, where the waiting time can last for hours due to the lack of specialized agents. They have not been paid since February due to a partial budget shutdown, reports AFP. “If the far-left Democrats do not immediately sign an agreement to make our country, especially our airports, free and safe again, I will send our brilliant and patriotic ICE agents to the airports to handle security,” the US president posted on his social network Truth Social. Since February 14, DHS funding – the ministry in particular responsible for security checks at airports – is frozen due to the deep disagreement between Democrats and Republicans in Congress over the practices of the immigration police, highly disputed by the left.
