As we told you earlier, President Trump said that if the Democrats don't stop blocking funding for the DHS, including the TSA, he would make the situation really backfire on the Left:
BREAKING: President Trump threatens to send ICE Agents to US airports to serve as TSA agents amid the DHS funding lapse. pic.twitter.com/diB0qbCQ5G
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 21, 2026
Coincidentally, or perhaps not, a caller to The Clay and Buck Show on Friday had that suggestion:
🚨 BRILLIANT: Clay Travis' show has caller that suggests putting ICE Agents with TSA Agents to get the Democrats to fold & end the shutdown! 🔥
— 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙜𝙚 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 🇺🇸 (@GoldenAgeTimes2) March 21, 2026
"What if President Trump announced that ICE agents were going to be supplementing TSA agents inside all of the airports? The ICE… pic.twitter.com/hv1OABUkng
Fox News' Bill Melugin did his own little poll sampling opinions from ICE agents and for the most part the Democrats won't like what they hear. But when do they whenever they're not getting their way and illegals aren't being protected?
I reached out to a handful of ICE agents to gauge their reaction to President Trump pitching putting them at airports to work security. Responses: 👇🏻
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 21, 2026
“Love it.”
“Genius. We serve at the behest…”
“Lots of illegals at airports”.
“🤭”
“I would actually love that”.
“Ah…
"Including the immediate arrest of all illegal immigrants" at U.S. airports.
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Count Democrat Sen. Patty Murray among those who know this could be backfiring but don't want to admit it:
Oh yeah, I’m sure the next thing the American people want after long lines at TSA is to get wrongfully detained, beat up, and harassed by ICE.
— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) March 21, 2026
No blank check for ICE. We need reform & accountability.
In the meantime, how about you tell Republicans to just vote to pay TSA. https://t.co/Tu082ToGg5
Unfortunately you can't trust a Dem politician's spin on this any farther than you could throw JB Pritzker.
So, will Trump's "ICE helping out TSA at airports" thing pan out? Place your bets in the comments!
Arresting illegal aliens at the airport would send a strong message https://t.co/G92Ncm1WlC
— Steve Ferguson (@lsferguson) March 21, 2026
Remember when the Biden administration basically put in an express lane for illegals at some airports? We've come a long way since that disastrous four years.
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