Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson confirmed a planned deployment of about 75 ICE personnel at O’Hare International Airport, saying the officers would monitor exit lanes, make passenger announcements and assist with managing lines.
Is that helpful?
The president has suggested the agents would be arresting undocumented immigrants at airports.
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"Those guys are really getting paid to do nothing,” said [a passenger]... “That is what this is all about. They are not finding … illegal people here.”
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Yet, in 2018, the Transportation Security Administration found a record-setting 4,239 firearms in carry-on bags at 249 airport checkpoints around the country.
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Perhaps more alarming, of the 4,255 firearms found last year, more than 86 percent (3,656) were loaded (another record) and almost 34 percent (1,432) had a round chambered.
TSA found a record-setting number of guns at airports in 2018
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