Trump threatens to send ICE into airports unless funding deal reached
The president said ICE would "do security" as airport security staff have gone without pay for weeks due to a partial government shutdown.
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"I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before."
— Donald Trump , Politician
"Numerous employees have reported to me that their bank accounts are at zero or negative."
— Johnny Jones , Activist
"ICE would 'do security' as airport security staff have gone without pay for weeks."
— Trump , Politician
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The president said ICE would "do security" as airport security staff have gone without pay for weeks due to a partial government shutdown.
President Donald Trump threatened to send ICE agents to conduct airport security if Democrats don't sign a Homeland Security deal.
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