Trump Threatens ICE Airport Deployment After Senate Republicans Block TSA Funding Amid Shutdown

US President Donald Trump threatened to deploy ICE agents to national airports to replace TSA staff and arrest illegal immigrants following a Senate block on emergency security funding.Republican senators rejected a motion to fund the TSA separately as the DHS shutdown caused over 370 resignations and security wait times exceeding three hours.While Ted Cruz proposed using budget reconciliation to fund border agencies, Elon Musk offered to temporarily cover unpaid wages for the 50,000 officers currently facing financial hardship.
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