Donald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have followed through on promises from the president’s administration to send in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning on Monday to assist with security amid extremely long lines – and to help airport security agents who have been working without pay since 14 February because of a partial government shutdown.
ICE agents were seen at airports such as Atlanta, Newark, New Orleans and New York’s John F Kennedy. CNN reported nine other airports where ICE agents were seen.
Trump said on Sunday that Homan would lead the effort.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said “ICE will be going to airports to help our wonderful [Transportation Security Administration] Agents who have stayed on the job despite” the shutdown resulting from a US Senate deadlock over stricter regulations on federal immigration enforcement.
Homan, meanwhile, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday and said: “We will be at the airports tomorrow.” It remained unclear what responsibilities ICE officers will have, and Homan said on Sunday that details were still being finalized.
“There’s TSA agents covering exits. People that enter through the exits. Certainly a highly trained ICE law enforcement officer can cover an exit, make sure people don’t go through those exits, enter an airport through the exits,” he said on CNN.
to ease long lines
“Hur-dur, I’m the headline writer at the Guardian and I was literally born yesterday. Why would anyone, especially anyone in this administration, say something that was not truthful? Anyway, journalism is my passion.”
They slip sometimes, but there’s no such position as headline writer. You’re talking about subeds and doing a bad job of it. It’s infuriating when people with no knowledge of the craft decide to tell us how to do our jobs. What do you have decades of experience in? Can I tell you what you’re doing wrong from a position of ignorance?
LOL. You’ve sure cut to core of the criticism. Are you also bad at journalism?
I’m sorry. Who are you? Because if you want to bring your journalism resume to the party, I’m happy to bring mine.
I just can’t get over how you are presenting journalism as an esoteric practice that only insiders could understand enough to criticize rather than something that’s intended for mass consumption, frequently performed (admirably) by people without specialized training, and to which we’ve all been exposed to our entire lives. It’s literally the Fourth Estate.
Um, what? There’s nothing esoteric or ephemeral. We either get it wrong or not.
Criticism within that context requires knowledge that I don’t think you have. I have never taken a course in journalism, yet have run a few papers. “Specialized training” is not what you may think. Which is fine, but don’t tell me about a field you know nothing about. I’m not going to tell TSMC how to fabricate chips.
LOL.
Certainly a highly trained ICE law enforcement officer can cover an exit, make sure people don’t go through those exits, enter an airport through the exits
It takes so much training to recognize people entering through exits. Honestly, props to them. Nobody else could have done the job of seeing if people are entering through exits.
I have to go to the airport soon. If there’s a security line, I’m going to be extremely disappointed.
I don’t remember whether SeaTac had turnstile exits in the decades I frequented it, but I’ve been to plenty of airports that had those or revolving doors to make the exits a one-way affair. That strikes me as more cost effective than having ICE perched on a stool.
SeaTac has the one-way door things that look like airlocks. Door opens when you walk towards it, then closes behind you and another door opens after walking through a short hallway.
I believe they still keep someone there to watch, but mostly so that nobody walks up to the doors and starts banging on them.
That sounds like a boring job. Very little to do, but you can’t read a book or use your phone.
