President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that if the Democrats do not sign the agreement for the immediate reopening of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), he will move agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to airports, where he said they would "implement unprecedented security measures. " It has been 36 days since Democratic Party congress members in the United States decided not to sign the budget allocated for the DHS presented by the government, citing unequal distribution of resources among the agencies that comprise it and failure to reach agreements on immigration policies. As a result of this situation, various institutions such as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have stopped receiving funding, jeopardizing hundreds of federal workers, leading to strikes at different airports across the country and disrupting or delaying operations.
On Tuesday, a 30% absenteeism rate was reported among TSA workers at most airports in the country. In a message posted by the president on Truth Social, he indicated that among ICE's actions will be "the immediate arrest of all illegal immigrants who have entered our country, with special emphasis on those from Somalia," whom he accuses of having destroyed the state of Minnesota. On Friday, a new meeting took place between representatives of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party at the Capitol to discuss a possible agreement.
This marked a second consecutive day of talks. However, they have yet to reach a decision. The divisions are primarily around the funding of ICE and the action protocols of this service, especially following the homicides of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota.