TSA employees have been working without pay during a partial shutdown of DHS over demands to reform immigration enforcement.
More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged abuses and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this year.
There has also been a national callout rate of 10% at TSA on more than half the days of the last week, Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, said Saturday in response to questions.
I’m sure airlines will be thrilled about having their customers kidnapped by ICE during security checks. Because that’s how “illegals” sneak into the country, right? By buying an airline ticket and FLYING IN. Just think of the headlines.
My favorite TSA experience was how my nephew was on a no fly list and we didnt find this out until we waited through two hours in line.
My nephews age at the time? 6 months old. The No Fly order was older than he was.
Lots of critical thinking going on with that lot, lemme tell you.
Actually, yes. 40% of undocumented immigrants came in legally (many on planes) and simply overstayed their visa.
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Did you notice the part where I said “overstayed” their visa? There is a difference between illegal immigration and undocumented immigration. Both overstaying your visa and sneaking over the border are illegal. Only sneaking over the border is undocumented. ICE is going after illegal immigration in all forms.
Well no, someone entering legally isn’t sneaking in illegally.
Once you overstay your visa, you are not here legally. Those are 40% of the illegal immigrants in this country. There is a difference between undocumented and illegal. ICE is going after illegal immigration in all forms, not just the people sneaking over the border.
That’s not sneaking in illegally, that’s overstaying illegally.
If you want to be a pedantic dickbag and focus on the word “sneaking” when the key part of the post (which was conveniently written in all caps in case you have a hard time understanding the point of the simple sentence) was FLYING IN and “illegals,” then sure, you are correct. They are “illegals” whether they sneak in or overstay. And the post was also about what ICE is doing. They aren’t only going after people who sneak in. They are going after all illegal immigration.
I do realize that I called them undocumented immigrants, when I don’t know if they are still considered “documented” if their documents are no longer valid/legal.
My gripe is that we shouldn’t be entertaining the narrative that people sneak in illegally at all by being cute and saying that people who illegally overstay their legal visas who legally and transparently entered are sneaking in illegally.