Trump may deploy National Guard to assist TSA amid shutdown
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Trump said he may deploy National Guard members to airports across the country to help TSA workers affected by the partial government shutdown. He also floated having ICE officers assist at airports to reduce growing security-check delays.Hundreds of TSA employees have quit or not shown up, contributing to longer wait times. ICE funding remains in place under last year’s spending package, so ICE personnel would continue to be paid during the shutdown. In a Truth Social post, Trump suggested ICE officers should not wear masks while helping TSA, despite earlier support for masks in some operations. The White House has floated requiring ICE officers to self-identify adn display their agency in future DHS talks, tho it did not ban masks. The situation highlights the ongoing DHS funding dispute and the management’s willingness to take aggressive steps to keep air travel functioning.
Trump may deploy National Guard to assist TSA amid shutdown
President Donald Trump told reporters Monday morning that he may deploy National Guard members to airports across the country to assist Transportation Security Administration employees affected by the partial government shutdown.
Trump briefly discussed his plans to have Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers help out at the nation’s airports amid increasing delay times at security checkpoints.
“I want to thank ICE, because they stepped in so, so strongly. They’ll do great,” Trump told reporters before departing Palm Beach, Florida, for Memphis, Tennessee. “And if that’s not enough, I’ll bring in the National Guard. We’re not going to have the Democrats destroy our country.”
Hundreds of TSA officials have quit or not shown up for work as Republicans and Democrats continue their standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security, causing air travelers to spend hours waiting to make it through airport security.
Over the weekend, Trump announced plans to send ICE officers to assist TSA employees in hopes of driving down those wait times. ICE employees are still getting paid throughout the shutdown, as the president’s spending package from last year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, included more than $75 billion in direct funding for the agency.
Earlier Monday morning, Trump posted on social media that he would request ICE officers not wear face masks while assisting TSA employees.
“I am a BIG proponent of ICE wearing masks as they search for, and are forced to deal with, hardened criminals, many of whom were let into our Country by Sleepy Joe Biden and his wonderful ‘Border Czar,’ Kamala [Harris],” he wrote on Truth Social. “I would greatly appreciate, however, NO MASKS, when helping our Country out of the Democrat caused MESS at the airports.”
WHITE HOUSE FLOATS REQUIRING ICE OFFICERS TO SELF-IDENTIFY IN TALKS WITH DEMOCRATS TO REOPEN DHS
Last week, the White House sent a letter to congressional lawmakers laying out a series of significant reforms regarding the president’s deportation strategy.
Though those proposals included requiring immigration officers to both wear self-identifying information and verbally identify which agency they work for while conducting fieldwork, the White House declined to ban officers from wearing face masks as requested by Democrats.
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