Tom Homan confirms ICE deployment at airports will begin Monday
24 hours before the plan came into effect, Tom Homan said he was working on a plan for the deployment of ICE agents beginning at large airports that have seen the longest wait times. Because they are not trained in that, they will not look at X-ray machines. Because [they’re] not trained in that, “Wherever we can provide extra security — I don’t see an ICE agent looking at an X-ray machine.
White House border czar Tom Homan said ICE agents will be deployed to airports across the country Monday to help TSA officers who have been working without pay for more than five weeks during the partial Homeland Security shutdown. Homan said. Homan said it does not need much of a plan to cover an exit as ICE agents are highly trained. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would deploy ICE agents to airports as soon as Monday to help ease long lines. “ICE will do the job far better than ever done before!” he wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday. Homan said they will help move the lines. There are certain parts of security that TSA is doing, that we can move them off those jobs and put them in the specialized jobs, help move those lines,” he said.
“How much of a plan does it mean to guard an exit to make sure no one comes through that exit? “You know, certainly a highly trained ICE law enforcement officer can cover an exit. But what will ICE agents do?