In a brilliant move, President Trump just issued an ultimatum to Democrats to end the DHS shutdown.
Either get the Department of Homeland Security funded and re-opened immediately — or, ICE will be deployed to help with security at airports!
Kayleigh McEnany of Fox News broke it down here:
🚨THIS IS SENDING SHOCKWAVES ACROSS AMERICA: I predict Democrats will either declare war or bend the knee within HOURS.
They cannot contend with Trump relocating ICE agents to assist TSA when there are HOURS LONG wait lines across the nation.
The American people SUPPORT THIS… https://t.co/rk8qpKHASQ pic.twitter.com/B7FpjKxcQE
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 21, 2026
Read President Trump’s full Truth Social statement here:
If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia, who have totally destroyed, with the approval of a corrupt Governor, Attorney General, and Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, the once Great State of Minnesota. I look forward to seeing ICE in action at our Airports. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
This comes as flyers across the nation have been facing insane wait times and delays at airports due to the TSA not getting paid because of the DHS shutdown.
Here’s some footage of the ridiculously long lines at airports across the nation:
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. President Trump just announced he will SURGE ICE AGENTS to perform security with TSA at our airports if Democrats refuse to fund DHS and pay federal employees
CHECK MATE, Chuck Schumer!
"If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let… pic.twitter.com/SU9h3OIQUL
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 21, 2026
Backup here if needed:
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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump says that if Democrats don’t IMMEDIATELY reopen TSA, he’ll start sending ICE AGENTS into the airports to do security
CHECK FREAKING MATE!!! 🤣🔥
DO IT, 47!
“They will do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of… pic.twitter.com/8XTZezSnmt
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 21, 2026
The Senate is in session over the weekend to hopefully come up with a deal that will put an end to the chaos.
CNBC has more:
A bipartisan group of senators met with DHS border czar Tom Homan last night to discuss additional immigration enforcement concessions made by the White House on Friday in an attempt to end the shutdown, POLITICO reported, citing lawmakers in attendance.
The Senate is in session Saturday and Sunday, working on other legislative issues, but it is unclear whether further talks or a vote on the new DHS funding proposal will take place.
The DHS shutdown has been less disruptive than last year’s record-long government shutdown. But since much of DHS is considered essential, employees are required to work without pay.
The effects of the funding lapse and lack of pay are being felt at U.S. airports, where Transportation Security Administration agents are quitting or calling out sick. DHS employees missed their first full paychecks last week.
The shortage of agents has caused obscenely long lines at security checkpoints, including in Atlanta and Houston, where spring break travel is in full swing.
“If a deal isn’t cut, you’re going to see what’s happening today look like child’s play,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CNN on Friday. Earlier in the week, Duffy warned that smaller airports could shut down entirely soon due to staffing.
Elon Musk has also offered to help by paying the TSA’s salaries:
We brought you this report earlier:
JUST IN: Elon Musk Offers To Personally Pay TSA Agents To Get Airports Up And Running Again!
A couple of hours after his original post, President Trump doubled down on his threat to Democrats.
In a second Truth Social post, he gave them a deadline of Monday before he starts sending ICE to airports.
Read it here:
Full text:
The Radical Left Democrats have hurt so many people with their vicious and uncaring ways. What they have done to the Department of Homeland Security, our fantastic TSA Officers, and, most importantly, the great people of our Country, is an absolute disgrace. If the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before! The Fascist Democrats will never protect America, but the Republicans will. Just like the Radical Left allowed millions of Criminals to pour into our Country through their ridiculous and dangerous Open Border Policy, the Republicans closed it all down, and we now have the Strongest Border in American History. Likewise, I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, “GET READY.” NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES! President DONALD J. TRUMP
What a win-win situation.
Now, Democrats have the choice to capitulate and pay the TSA or allow ICE agents to take over airport security and arrest illegals as soon as they come in to our country!
Either way, much-needed relief is coming to airports, which have suffered the most as a result of the Democrat-fueled DHS shutdown.
ICE is completely on-board with the move, too.
Bill Melugin spoke to a few agents and shared what they had to say:
I reached out to a handful of ICE agents to gauge their reaction to President Trump pitching putting them at airports to work security. Responses: 👇🏻
“Love it.”
“Genius. We serve at the behest…”
“Lots of illegals at airports”.
“🤭”
“I would actually love that”.
“Ah…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 21, 2026
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