{"id":2222,"date":"2026-03-21T20:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:37:18","slug":"trump-ice-agent-airports-security-government-shutdown-immigrantion-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=2222","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he will order ICE to airports for security and vows to arrest ‘all illegal immigrants’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a pair of social media posts, Trump first threatened and then said he had made plans to put officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in airports if the congressional standoff continues. He made the announcement as a partial shutdown contributes to\u00a0long lines<\/a>to pass through screening at some of the nation\u2019s largest airports.<\/p>\n

The Republican president suggested ICE agents would bring the administration\u2019s immigration crackdown into the nation\u2019s airports, promising to arrest \u201call Illegal Immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, \u201cGET READY.\u201d NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES!\u201d Trump wrote while spending the weekend in Florida.<\/p>\n

The move appears to be a pointed effort to expand the type of immigration enforcement that has become a sticking point in Congress. Democrats\u00a0pledged to oppose<\/a>\u00a0funding for DHS unless changes were made in the wake of a crackdown in Minnesota that led to the fatal shootings of two protesters. Democrats are asking for better identification for federal law enforcement officers, a new code of conduct for those agencies and more use of judicial warrants, among other measures.<\/p>\n

The Minnesota operation was tied in part to\u00a0allegations of fraud involving Somali residents<\/a>. On Saturday, Trump said ICE officers sent to airports would focus on arresting immigrants from Somalia who are in the United States illegally. Repeating his criticism on Somalis, he said they \u201ctotally destroyed\u201d Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf 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,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s posts did not offer additional detail on how ICE would take a role in airport security and what it meant for the Transportation Security Administration, which screens passengers and luggage for hazardous items.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of TSA employees are considered essential and continue to work during the funding lapse, but they are doing so without pay. Call-out rates have started to increase at some airports, and DHS said at least 376 have quit since the partial shutdown began Feb. 14.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, in a rare weekend session, the Senate rejected a motion by Democrats to take up legislation to reopen TSA and pay workers who are now going without paychecks. Republicans argue that they need to fund all parts of the DHS, not just certain ones. A bill to fund the Cabinet department\u00a0failed to advance<\/a>\u00a0in the Senate on Friday.<\/p>\n

There were signs of progress, though, with the restarting in recent days of stalled talks between Democrats and the White House. On Saturday, Republican and Democratic senators were set to meet for a third consecutive day with White House officials behind closed doors as Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York spoke of \u201cproductive conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., urged the bipartisan group to act quickly. He has said repeatedly that Democrats and the White House need to find compromise as lines at airports have grown.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that group that\u2019s meeting can\u2019t come up with a solution really quickly, things are going to get worse and worse,\u201d Thune said Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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