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littlemissmartypants

(33,279 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:43 PM Sunday

Of course, ICE is headed to the airports, but why?

Last edited Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:04 AM - Edit history (1)

How else is the regime going to gain complete control of the masses?

Airports are a critical chokepoint for immigration/migration. For Freedom!

Don't be surprised when it's decided not only who gets in but also out.

It's power&control.

Americans are all now in an abusive relationship with the government.







How else is the regime going to gain complete control of the masses?

Airports are a critical chokepoint for immigration. For Freedom!

Don't be surprised when it's decided not only who gets in but also out.

It's power&control.

Americans are all now in an abusive relationship with the government.

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Of course, ICE is headed to the airports, but why? (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Sunday OP
The grifter is a serial abuser. yellow dahlia Sunday #1
Exactly, yellow dahlia. You get the picture. littlemissmartypants Sunday #2
Intimidation and Domestic TERRORISM B.See Yesterday #3
He's done something from every single spoke... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #10
This is not possible at140 Yesterday #4
Explain that to the US citizens and those with pending... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #6
They make a lot more $ than TSA agents leftstreet Yesterday #5
I think it requires a law to transfer money from one department to another at140 Yesterday #7
By design. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #9
Why wouldn't the Republicans do that? Power and Control. It gives them an excuse to send in... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #8
"Goon Squad"... BurnDoubt Yesterday #11
Ha! littlemissmartypants Yesterday #12
I wonder if they'll be feeding their facial rec databases. TommyT139 Yesterday #13
Of course. With lines and lines of people enslaved by a broken system. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #14
Here was my guess why BaronChocula Yesterday #15
You're probably not wrong. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #16
Leverage no_hypocrisy Yesterday #17

yellow dahlia

(5,795 posts)
1. The grifter is a serial abuser.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:50 PM
Sunday

We are experiencing the trauma of that abusive relationship. We are on edge...waiting for the next shoe to drop.

littlemissmartypants

(33,279 posts)
10. He's done something from every single spoke...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:14 AM
Yesterday

In the power and control wheel. It's uncanny. But it's totally not surprising.

at140

(6,244 posts)
4. This is not possible
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:02 AM
Yesterday

Every flyer has REAL ID now-a-days. REAL ID requires proof of citizenship to either USA or have passport from foreign country with a valid USA visa stamped inside. Undocumented immigrants can not board any flights in USA.

littlemissmartypants

(33,279 posts)
6. Explain that to the US citizens and those with pending...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:11 AM
Yesterday

Citizenship cases who are/were detained, locked up, and deported.

We're in uncharted waters. The previously held assumptions are being pressure tested.

The law is quickly becoming whatever the regime says it is, on a whim.

I do admire the idealism, though.

leftstreet

(40,491 posts)
5. They make a lot more $ than TSA agents
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:06 AM
Yesterday

Why not just transfer some ICE money to TSA?

What a stupid bullshit Trump move

Overpaid morons standing around in their bulletproof vests and mom jeans

at140

(6,244 posts)
7. I think it requires a law to transfer money from one department to another
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:16 AM
Yesterday

Congress allocates funding for each department. ICE has funding already in law for fiscal year. TSA does not.

littlemissmartypants

(33,279 posts)
8. Why wouldn't the Republicans do that? Power and Control. It gives them an excuse to send in...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:19 AM
Yesterday

ICE when TSA is diminished and fails. Attrition. Corporations do it all the time.

It's a part of the master plan towards creating the American "gestapo" to eliminate a legitimate TSA and replace it with a group capable of being lawless on a whim, Trump’s private goon squad.

We're not in America anymore. New rules apply.

BurnDoubt

(1,680 posts)
11. "Goon Squad"...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:34 AM
Yesterday

Coming soon on CBS…..
Soon it may be safer to fly… than to go to the airport.

littlemissmartypants

(33,279 posts)
12. Ha!
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:50 AM
Yesterday

Yeah, it's safe to fly if you're an oligarch with your own wings. Or a Literal Angel. Or an alien who has an actual UFO.

IF someone has "bag" the possibilities are endless.*

👽 👽 👽

*As in Homan bag of cash.

no_hypocrisy

(54,873 posts)
17. Leverage
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:07 AM
Yesterday

Since 9/11 (and the Shoe Bomber), it's been held that, in terms of strict liability, it's dangerous to fly WITHOUT the proper screen and security, hence the TSA.

No TSA, no security, and inadequate substitutes.

Passengers greatly delayed, some missing their flights. Crowded airports. Airlines in disarray, losing money.

Trump sending in ICE, who suck at detention of immigrants, will suck much more as they aren't trained to do the job. IOW, somebody's going to get hurt.

New demand: Trump wants DHS fully funded, except he doesn't. Schumer has offered but has been turned down. Trump now wants the SAVE Act passed before he signs the funding bill. Sure, the funding bill could be passed and enacted without his veto if Congress stays in session for 10 days. But either Mike Johnson and/or John Thune could arbitrarily call for a recess during those 10 days. (Guess who told him/them to do that.) And it would become a Pocket Veto.

Everyone suffers because Trump is playing Intrigue in the Palace.

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