What Is ICE Really Doing In Airports?
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
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Summary
It’s been more than a month since the Department of Homeland Security shut down, and American airports are definitely feeling it. Now, President Donald Trump has sent ICE agents to at least 14 airports across the country. A Truth Social post over the weekend from Trump, said in part that ICE in airports will, “do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia.” In other words, ICE isn’t really there to help decrease the long wait times on security lines. Andrea Flores, a former Homeland Security official and founder of the pro-immigration initiative, Securing America’s Promise, joined the show to talk more about what ICE agents are doing at American airports.
And in headlines, Trump walks back his threats to escalate the war on Iran, the Supreme Court looks ready to limit mail-in voting, and closing arguments were heard Monday in a trial over whether Meta has been misleading users about the potential impact of social media on children.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, March 24th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show that is gleefully reading about the expenses from the Buffalo-centric ads that outgoing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Knoam filmed at Mount Rushmore. |
| 0:16.2 | According to a statement from Vermont Democratic Senator Peter Welch and Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard |
| 0:21.5 | Blumenthal, Nome's ad required $20,000 in horse rentals, nearly $4,000 in hair and makeup, |
| 0:28.3 | and most confusingly, $500 to a South Dakota magic store. Yes, a magic store. |
| 0:36.5 | A magic store. |
| 0:48.2 | On today's show, President Donald Trump pulls back on its threats to escalate the war in Iran. |
| 0:51.7 | Shockingly, money may have been his motivating factor. |
| 0:54.9 | And the Supreme Court looks ready to limit mail-in voting. |
| 1:00.3 | Who needs the Save America Act when you have the highest court in your back pocket? But let's start with immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE. It's been more than a month since the Department |
| 1:05.0 | of Homeland Security shutdown, and American airports are definitely feeling it. So in hopes of |
| 1:10.2 | fixing yet another issue his administration |
| 1:12.0 | created, Trump has sent ICE agents to at least 14 airports across the country to do something. |
| 1:18.6 | But what is not exactly clear? You may have heard that the White House directed ICE to airports |
| 1:24.0 | to help overburden TSA agents. I can even tell you where Trump may have gotten the idea. |
| 1:29.3 | From an exchange on Friday's episode of the syndicated radio show, the Clay Travis and |
| 1:33.9 | Buck Sexton show. |
| 1:35.3 | Here's Travis explaining on Fox News. |
| 1:38.0 | I had a caller on the show, the Clay and Buck show today, Charlie, had an interesting |
| 1:41.7 | idea. |
| 1:42.6 | What if President Trump announced that |
| 1:44.5 | ICE agents were now going to be supplementing TSA agents inside of all of the airports? The ICE |
| 1:51.4 | agents are still being paid. How quickly would Democrats panic if he said, hey, we're going to put |
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