United States President Donald Trump yesterday rejected a bipartisan deal that could end the partial US government shutdown and ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to patrol some airport security checkpoints (minus their masks) as air travel delays kept getting worse.
As Ice agents headed to 14 airports in the New York area and nationwide, Trump refused a proposed deal with Democrats that would end the airport chaos by having the Senate pass a spending package for the entire Department of Homeland Security except for Ice.
He wants Republicans to keep pushing Democrats to cave and accept his unrelated Bill imposing new voting restrictions.
The agents were expected to help Transportation Security Administration screeners at airport security checkpoints. — TCA
