President Donald Trump stated Sunday border czar Tom Homan can be in command of deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports on Monday, with Homan telling NCS the agents will help with safety at entrances and exits to ease TSA workload amid a partial authorities shutdown.
“This is about going to helping TSA do their mission and get the American public through that airport as quick as they can while adhering to all the security guidelines and the protocols,” Homan stated on NCS’s “State of the Union with Dana Bash.”
Long safety traces have been seen at airports across the nation as TSA officers have give up their jobs or referred to as out sick as they proceed to work with out pay.
“We’re simply there to help TSA do their job in areas that don’t need their specialized expertise, such as screening through the X-ray machine. Not training that, we won’t do that,” Homan stated. “But there are roles we can play to release TSA officers from the non-significant roles, such as guarding an exit so they can get back to the scanning machines and move people quicker, and we’re just simply helping our fellow officers at TSA.”
Asked about logistics and numbers relating to deployment of ICE officers, Homan stated planning discussions are taking place Sunday in coordination with the heads of ICE and the TSA.
“I’m currently working on the plan now of execution, working with the Director of ICE and the administrator of TSA, the acting administrator. So we’ll put together a plan today, and we’ll execute tomorrow,” Homan stated.
Homan added that particulars could be anticipated later Monday.
“Hopefully we’ll have all those answers here by this afternoon, but we’re working on it when we when we deploy tomorrow, we’ll have a well thought out plan to execute,” Homan stated.