Tom Holman

And the president's tired of it.

He's not going to let America be held hostage.

Now he's going to, you know, we're going to pivot from there and we're going to send ICE agents to the airport to help alleviate not only the TSA officers who are overwhelmed and understaffed now because many of them left, but we're going to help the American people transit through the airport quicker and not be held hostage by this foolish shutdown that the Democrats started.

I mean, this administration didn't shut the government down.

It was the Democratic Party that shut it down.

I don't see an ICE agent looking at an x-ray machine because you're not trained in that.

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Holman told CNN Sunday the plan was a work in progress.

He said he did not foresee ICE agents manning x-rays since they're not trained for that and instead suggested they'll guard airport exits.

A partial government shutdown has left TSA agents unpaid and hundreds have quit or not shown up, according to the White House.

When asked if ICE agents would also carry out immigration enforcement, Holman said they already do that all the time at airports.

Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.

I think, yeah, Mr. Hellman right there.

Okay.

Yeah, sir, you're going this way.

We're heading for the exit.

Ben, keep Laura right there.

I'll let the White House and members of Congress, you know, fight that out.

But I think some of the asks are just, I think they're unreasonable because there is no racial profiling.

There is identifying marks.

But masks, you know, while they talk about maybe passing legislation to make it illegal to dox at agents or something like that.