Trump praises ICE airport work amid DHS funding lapse President Trump on Wednesday praised U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers for their work at airports this week as lengthy security wait times stack up amid the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse. “I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were unfairly maligned by the Lunatic Democrats for years, and now, at the Airports, in addition to what they are supposed to be doing, they are helping people with bags, even picking up and cleaning areas,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “They are so proud to be there! The fact is, they shouldn’t have to do this, but they are rehabbing a fake image given to them by Radical Left Democrat politicians.” ICE officers began assisting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staffers who are working without pay due to the partial government shutdown affecting DHS. Acting TSA Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill told the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday that ICE officers are helping with “queue management,” exit lane staffing, and giving passengers instructions on how to load up bins, among other tasks. “It takes a while to really get folks embedded into our operations and it’s gone extremely well, and our feedback from the passengers and our field leadership has been very positive,” she said in response to questioning from Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.). The DHS shutdown, which began on Feb. 14, stemmed from Democrats demanding reforms to immigration enforcement procedures after federal officers fatally shot U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year. Those incidents sparked protests against the presence of ICE and Border Patrol personnel in cities around the country.#trump #ice #dhs #ha_nguyen_mcneil #tssa
