Donald Trump said Saturday he will deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports on Monday if an agreement isn’t reached to fund the Department of Homeland Security amid a partial government shutdown.
It is unclear what function the ICE agents would perform since they’re not trained in airport security screening. TSA screeners have a several months-long training period before they’re on the job, though airline employees and private security companies have partnered on line controlling and guarding exit doors.
The agents could potentially help in more limited roles — like managing lines, directing passengers or helping move people through the checkpoint process — to free up trained TSA officers for critical security functions.
Airports have LOTS of “back room” spaces for detaining and interrogating people.
Yeah, they do now, too, but it doesn’t keep them from piling on people in the street, and beating the crap out of them. They’ll just be doing that in concourse C in front of Hudson Books in front of the kids on summer vacation.
That should be educational, learning all about their government. I know that I’d a have a lot to talk to my kid about if they just witnessed that. And it wouldn’t be about what a great job those guys are doing.