(WSB-TV)
President Trump announced plans to send ICE agents to various airports around the country amid the partial shutdown affecting DHS effective tomorrow. Among the airports affected are Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, as confirmed by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. Hartsfield is the world's busiest airport.
Well, on one hand, White House Border Czar Tom Honan says the ICE won't be involved in screening passengers but, on the other hand, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says they will be involved.
In other words, President Trump has decided to solve an already chaotic situation by pouring gasoline on it.
Given the bang-up job ICE did in Minnesota, I fear that these goons are itching for another confrontation. As House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stated during an appearance on CNN this morning:
The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or, in some instances, kill them.
I fear it could get much worse than that. I wouldn't be surprised if ICE caused a bloodbath by committing a massacre against innocent travelers and airport employees. I can easily envision a scenario where ICE harasses an airport employee, and passengers try to aid the employee or at least document the incident and then ICE escalates the situation with lethal consequences. Should this come to pass, it will give the Trump Administration yet another opportunity to accuse law abiding American citizens of being terrorists.
Nothing good can come of this course of action.
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