Today is the day the Trump administration is sending ICE into our airports, to help reduce long lines. Does anyone actually believe that?
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.
I fail to see how adding more overbearing security to a system that is already packed with pointless security theater will help the lines. I also wonder if these ICE goons will be armed and masked? It sounds like a recipe for greater chaos and inefficiency to me, and that it’s really a strategy for increasing fear and tension.
Take a look at the current situation. Will ICE actually help?
To amplify the problem, check out this video on Bluesky.
Incredible scene: Travelers wait on hours-long security line at George Bush International Airport in Houston while Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” blasts through the speakers.
Yeah. Long lines plus Lee Greenwood? This is precisely what Hell would look like.
My experience with air travel in the last few years has been absolutely miserable and convinced me that I never want to fly anywhere ever again…and it’s gotten even worse.
From what I understand, even TSA isn’t sure what to do with ICE agents because it turns out TSA doesn’t expect new hires to work independently, so effectively they either tell ICE to just stay out of their way or they have more work training people who aren’t actually going to stay on. But it lets Trump and Homan say they are Doing Something and people can see it, even if it ranges from useless to actively making the problem worse.
By removing minorities (for whatever reason) from airports, the lines will decrease. Win-win for Trump, death to everything else this country supposedly stood for.
I also wonder if these ICE goons will be armed and masked?
Great way to sneak some explosives into an airport, terrorists or special forces from any of our enemies, take note.
Then I guess at least they sent the right people.
Haven’t been following this that closely — there’s too much shit happening all over — but I’m confused: TSA has been working without pay, but ICE is being paid? Even though they are both part of DHS? How does that work?
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Woops: wrong freethoughtist!
This ICE at the airports scheme seems like another way to insinuate these thugs into yet another aspect of American life so that we “get used to” having the presence of an armed force visible in the community.
Coming soon: ICE thugs taking over air traffic control duties. Next up: ICE slated to replace school resource officers. The possibilities are endless.