Homan insists ICE has a 'well thought out plan' to deploy at airports as TSA lines enrage Americans

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Sunday 22 March 2026 11:33 EDT


Trump administration officials tried to explain how a surge of ICE agents to the nation’s airports, due to begin Monday, would alleviate some of the travel pressures Americans have faced in the midst of a Department of Homeland Security shutdown that is now in its second month.

Border Czar Tom Homan said Sunday that ICE agents would assist in airport security while also enforcing the president’s immigration agenda. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, meanwhile, claimed ICE agents were already trained to perform tasks at airports – such as patting down individuals and operating X-ray scanning technology.

The president revealed his plans to deploy ICE agents to airports on Saturday. Despite passengers being hampered by long lines caused by the ongoing TSA shortages, Trump suggested the agents would instead be used to guarantee “security like no one has ever seen before.” The agents, he said, would also carry out “the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia.”

When questioned about whether there was coherent plan to help ICE agents fulfil their new duties, Homan seemed to suggest that their job would be more aligned with Trump’s immigration objective, rather than dealing with the problems that have arisen for travelers.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/homan-ice-airports-trump-tsa-b2943402.html

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When questioned about whether there was coherent plan to help ICE agents fulfil their new duties, Homan seemed to suggest that their job would be more aligned with Trump’s immigration objective, rather than dealing with the problems that have arisen for travelers.

[johnp3907]

1. Gunning down random people will definitely shorten the lines.

[Marthe48]

2. Ought to take that bit to improv

Watch for more casualties.

[dutch777]

3. Yes, they have been the epitomy of speed and efficiency. All they need is another 18 years to get the 'illegals' out.

That assuming no one else is overstaying visas and such which I am sure they are not even counting. They seem to know the target and yet they can't seem to really get the job done. I am sure their caring attitude and excellent interpersonal skills will make things go more smoothly at the airports. Should also speed up the quitting of existing TSA agents. I do pity the TSA agents getting caught up in this mess not of their making.

[underpants]

4. So ICE, who interact with humans like (aliens) in a cattle slaughterhouse, will be over people's shoulders

to see if the non-white in front of them are from Somalia.

[sakabatou]

16. I wouldn't be surprised if it did end up that way

[Unwind Your Mind]

5. ICE shouldn't be getting paid either

Is that right?

I haven’t heard anything either way on that subject

[NH Ethylene]

9. ICE already got a lot of extra funding, so they are not having a budget crisis. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

6. This will really help out with the mid-terms.

[Goonch]

7. ICE TSA

[LeftInTX]

12. Yep

[popsdenver]

8. The ONLY place they will be seen

is at the gates of arriving planes........and everyone other than white, English speaking individuals, with U.S. Passports, will be separated and harassed.....

BP and ICE won't even need detention centers,.......there will be transport planes, waiting at every airport standing by, ready to transport them to who knows where.....

[mdbl]

10. The fat biscuit abs with machine guns will man the airports. Welcome to the Nazi states of America

Who the F would want to come here.

[Ford_Prefect]

11. They'll be arresting so many travelers who "looked wrong" the planes will be half empty

And the ICE transporters will be crammed full.

[LeftInTX]

13. "ICE knows how to pat down individuals"

"You have been selected for a random check".

Emerges with bruises, torn clothes etc, if lucky.

If resisting, they simply shoot you.....

[orangecrush]

14. ...

[lastlib]

15. A "well-thought-out plan," like.....

they had in Minneapolis? Eh, bag-boy? "Shoot first, forget about questions"? I don't trust you as far as I can throw the Grand Coulee Dam, sub-homan.

[lonely bird]

21. Yeah, I read that "well-thought-out plan"

Because I needed a good laugh.

The only thing anyone in this administration does that well-thought-out is grifting.

Everything else is completely fucked up.

[WestMichRad]

17. Well, maybe they'll help alleviate the long lines, but...

with this administration’s track record, my bet will be on Catastrophic fuckups for $2000, Alex. ICE agents will be much more interested in adding to their arrest totals than reducing the long lines of travelers.

Sure glad I’m not traveling by air anytime soon.

Just wondering how many facets of modern society they can trash. Are there any they’ve missed?

[Probatim]

18. As of yesterday, he was still working out the plan with his colleagues.

Considering his intellect, I suspect Monday's ICE launch at airports will be a clusterfuck of epic fury proportion.

[Initech]

19. Hey Homan, go fuck yourself and fuck ICE!

Hope you enjoy prison!

[Wiz Imp]

20. So, Trump says ICE will arrest illegal immigrants trying to fly out of airports

A person needs a passport or a Real ID to fly now. An illegal immigrant can get neither. If Trump thinks illegal immigrants are flying out of airports, then how is the SAVE act going to stop them from voting? A similar level of proof of citizenship is required,

[City Lights]

22. Give me a break.

The "shoot first, ask questions later" brigade has nothing that is "well thought out."

[purr-rat beauty]

23. We need a General Strike

Wishful thinking

[coffeenap]

24. They are already kidnapping people at SFO--video is circulating.