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sir pball

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14. In my experience it isn't even TSA anyway most of the time

Reply to Arazi (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 11:05 AM

Mar 23

e.g. at O'Hare it's always Chicago PD, not TSA. Only seen TSA doing that at smaller airports. So yeah, not going to help even in that case, definitely just an excuse to get ICE everywhere.

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Border czar Homan says ICE will do 'non-significant' tasks at airports [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 22 OP

I thought he just said they were displacedvermoter Mar 22 #1

So, we're paying ICE big money to do 'non-significant' tasks. Norrrm Mar 22 #2

That'll really piss off the TSA people who are not getting paid Attilatheblond Mar 22 #4

IOW: They won't be there to help and probably only get in the way of public servants who aren't being paid Attilatheblond Mar 22 #3

Like shooting people? bif Mar 22 #5

Non-significant, eh? MineralMan Mar 22 #6

ICE at airports, they will arrest everyone including flight crews. doc03 Mar 22 #7

Guarding the exit is usually a one or two person job in most airports I've been in Arazi Mar 22 #8

In my experience it isn't even TSA anyway most of the time sir pball Mar 23 #14

TRANSLATION: conduct immediate HARASSMENT of anyone who LOOKS like an undocumented immigrant with an emphasis B.See Mar 22 #9

So they're basically scabs. chowder66 Mar 22 #10

TBH, kind of feels like scab workers. usedtobedemgurl Mar 23 #11

Yeah, they've been trying to break TSA union for years leftstreet Mar 23 #12

I wonder if the goons will carry machine guns. usedtobedemgurl Mar 23 #13

So what they normally do, but at the airport Johonny Mar 23 #15

Intimidation. Practicing for the elections. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Mar 23 #16