As the Senate entered a vote over DHS funding, President Trump decided to spice up the proceedings by issuing a threat. Writing on Truth Social, he stated that he would move “brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports” if “Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again.” He followed up hours later, writing, “I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, ‘GET READY.’”
Per Newsweek, this move comes as Congress allowed funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the TSA, to expire on February 14 amid deep disagreement over immigration enforcement. The shutdown has left most TSA employees, classified as essential, working without pay.
