Tom Holman

With respect, if you're doing this in 24 hours, how well thought out could it possibly be?

Fucking what are you doing?

What the hell are you doing?

You know, the president made it clear that, you know, we're not going to wait.

You know, and he called me this morning, and he's tired of waiting, and American people being held hostage, you know, along lines at the airports, TSA not being paid, you know, the Coast Guard, FEMA, all these people, federal employees that are working for free, and it's like the third time they went without pay.

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.