{"id":2583366,"date":"2026-03-24T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-predicted-ice-in-airports-would-lead-to-trouble-he-couldnt-have-been-more-wrong\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:57:48","slug":"chuck-schumer-predicted-ice-in-airports-would-lead-to-trouble-he-couldnt-have-been-more-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-predicted-ice-in-airports-would-lead-to-trouble-he-couldnt-have-been-more-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Schumer Predicted ICE in Airports Would Lead to &#8216;Trouble&#8217; &#8211; He Couldn&#8217;t Have Been More Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchuck-schumer-predicted-ice-in-airports-would-lead-to-trouble-he-couldnt-have-been-more-wrong%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583366&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This piece presents a pro-Trump perspective arguing that Democrats routinely oppose ICE to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it-59\/\" title=\"Don&#039;t Let Dems Make Deporting ... Complicated\">protect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-to-unveil-immigration-agenda-next-tuesday\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden to unveil immigration agenda next Tuesday\">illegal immigration<\/a><\/a> and have demonized ICE agents. It cites Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer predicting that deploying ICE to airports would cause \u201ctrouble,\u201d then describes Donald Trump\u2019s plan to send ICE agents to major airports to help with TSA staffing shortages, naming Philadelphia as an example. The article references on-the-ground reporting about improved passenger lines at Philadelphia airport and includes YouTube clips for context. It contends that ICE deployment is morally warranted and politically advantageous, accusing Democrats of burdening travelers and preferring illegal immigration for electoral and donor reasons, while suggesting ICE could undermine anti-ICE rhetoric by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >effectively solving airport bottlenecks<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democrats will say and do anything to maintain the advantages they derive from illegal immigration. That includes demonizing and physically assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we cannot say that Democrats&rsquo; anti-ICE tactics have failed to advance their objectives.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, however, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer betrayed a mixture of reflexive obstructionism and wishful thinking when he predicted, erroneously, as it turned out, that President Donald Trump&rsquo;s decision to deploy ICE agents to major airports across the country would lead to &ldquo;trouble&rdquo; and even &ldquo;backfire&rdquo; on the president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everywhere ICE goes, trouble follows,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uh-oh-video-captures-schumer-finally-admitting-hates-save-america-act-cleans-voter-rolls-every-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schumer<\/a> said on the Senate floor. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen that. And it is highly likely the airports will be no exception.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The veteran Democrat senator then invoked the predictable results of his own party&rsquo;s anti-ICE fearmongering.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, Donald Trump,&rdquo; Schumer said, &ldquo;the more you keep ICE agents at our airports, the more you will be reminding people of how much chaos and fear ICE has already caused. It&rsquo;s a terrible idea that could backfire on the country and on Donald Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Readers may view Schumer&rsquo;s comments in the brief YouTube video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qajyo9YZ8dU?si=xOXO4Mw4r27TgJye\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-deploy-ice-airports-dems-dont-get-act-together-amid-shutdown-aimed-protecting-illegals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> pledged to deploy ICE agents to major airports to help with staffing shortages in the wake of Democrats&rsquo; refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security and through it the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).<\/p>\n<p>Also on Saturday, the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-least-13-airports-will-receive-ice-agents-help-tsa-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> which airports would receive assistance from ICE agents. The list included Philadelphia International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, how prescient did Schumer look in his prediction of ICE-related &ldquo;trouble?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do want to point out, this is an empty line right now,&rdquo; Bryanna Gallagher of WPVI-TV said Tuesday morning during a live report from the Philadelphia airport.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are standing in the middle where travelers come to check in for TSA. Yesterday, this was all the way back to the garage. So good news today. Lines aren&rsquo;t too bad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Gallagher&rsquo;s full report hardly depicted ICE agents as heroes for helping to alleviate the bottleneck. And the travelers to whom she spoke had mixed reactions to ICE agents&rsquo; presence.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the situation had clearly improved. There was no hint of the &ldquo;trouble&rdquo; Schumer predicted.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may view the full report in the YouTube video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FKMnXWb-j6Y?si=f5xlGPWr1X0AM5Xz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On balance, Trump&rsquo;s deployment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bannon-ices-success-airports-test-run-2026-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE agents<\/a> to airports seems both politically advantageous and, more important, morally correct.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, fair-minded travelers will see the deployment as evidence of Trump trying to solve a problem. In that sense, assuming a similar degree of success, perhaps it will have the same effect as the president&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dc-police-union-announces-immediate-impact-trumps-national-guard-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crackdown on crime<\/a> in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere last year.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, however, Democrats have lost their minds when it comes to ICE. They have resorted to every despicable tactic in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-pressed-on-pending-immigration-strategy-which-will-not-deport-illegal-migrants-for-some-crimes\/\" title=\"Psaki pressed on pending immigration strategy which will not deport illegal migrants for some crimes\">protect illegal immigrants<\/a> from deportation. Sadly, they have largely prevailed in that contest, for Trump backed down earlier this year in Minnesota when he ought to have pressed his advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Now, those same Democrats, who care nothing for American citizens, have imposed unnecessary burdens on travelers and forced TSA agents to work without pay &mdash; all because Democrats need illegal aliens in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nearly-19-million-people-seen-elon-musks-warning-democrats-census-scheme-changed-entire-balance-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manipulate electoral counts<\/a> and provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/beyond-claims-migrants-eating-pets-haitian-wave-causing-real-provable-problems-springfield-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheap labor<\/a> for their donors.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it would be ironic justice if ICE agents helped solve the problem Democrats created at the airports, thereby earning gratitude from travelers and, in the process, depriving smug Democrats like Schumer of their fearmongering, anti-ICE narrative.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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It notes that while Democrats\u2019 anti-ICE tactics haven\u2019t clearly failed, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday predicted that President Trump\u2019s move to deploy ICE to major airports would cause trouble and possibly backfire, saying that \u201cwherever ICE goes, trouble follows\u201d and that airports would likely be no exception. The article says Schumer was echoing the Democrats\u2019 long-standing anti-ICE fearmongering.<\/p>\n<p>It then describes a recent development: Trump pledged to send ICE to major airports to address staffing shortages caused by Democrats\u2019 refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security and, by extension, the TSA. The administration identified airports that would receive ICE assistance, including Philadelphia International Airport. A Philadelphia TV reporter observed that conditions at the airport had improved the day after the deployment, with longer lines or backlogs no longer as severe, though travelers had mixed feelings about ICE\u2019s presence. The piece argues that the deployment is both politically advantageous for Trump and morally appropriate, portraying it as evidence that he is addressing a real problem.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it contends that Democrats have opposed ICE and imposed unnecessary burdens on travelers to gain leverage related to illegal immigration and to benefit donors. 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