Greg Knauss5h ago

It is very funny that ICE didn’t change anything about their MO for the airport deployments.

The dude is wearing plate armor with a bunch of shit tactically stuck to it, to stand behind a Black woman sitting in a chair, doing the actual work, without getting paid.

Show threadytscorp5h ago
@gknauss
This brings up a good point...does DHS expect unpaid TSA to train paid ICE?
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it4h ago
@ytscorp @gknauss My understanding is that ICE are supposed to do unskilled jobs like guarding exits, to free up TSA agents to do skilled work like reading X-rays.
I've also heard that there aren't actually that many jobs that don't require TSA training, so ICE won't be able to do much.
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it3h ago
@ytscorp @gknauss I just hope they manage not to assault or kill anyone.
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®3h ago

@arensb @ytscorp @gknauss

When the low bar for success is “don’t murder anyone”

Show threadMatt Hall3h ago

What if... And bear with me... What if, they just moved some money from ICE to TSA? Same department. Bound to be some type of precedent.

How the hell is ICE funded _anyway_ when the budget with the funding is being held up?

@paninid @arensb @ytscorp @gknauss

Show threadA Republic, while we kept it
@401matthall @paninid @ytscorp @gknauss I've been wondering the same thing. The hypothesis that makes the most sense to me is that they want to say "See? It's the evil Democrats causing long lines in airports!"
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Show threadMary Clark2h ago
@arensb @401matthall @paninid @ytscorp @gknauss ICE has billions from the Bigly Bill passed last year. Some of that money could be moved temporarily to TSA. But as said above, T and Republicans think the long lines and people's anger will pressure Dems into giving up.
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it1h ago
@MaryClark @401matthall @paninid @ytscorp @gknauss Plus, doesn't ICE have a bigger budget than Canada's entire military? They could probably pay for all of TSA out of their Friday pizza lunch budget.