1. United States
2. Neb.
3. Letter

Untrained ICE agents are not the answer to address long TSA lines at airports. Injecting a militarized and unpredictable force such as ICE into civilian operations is inappropriate and frankly dangerous. They have no knowledge or experience as TSA employees. They have little to no people skills. They escalate, rather than de-escalate, situations. And frankly, they sow fear wherever they go. It’s obvious that the administration’s use of ICE in this situation is an effort to strongarm passage of the SAVE Act, another unnecessary effort to restrict voter rights. To address long TSA lines, the obvious and correct course of action is to separately fund TSA while the fundamental issues of DHS and ICE are resolved. ICE received $75 billion. They’ll be just fine for the next four years. It’s profoundly insulting to pay ICE agents to stand alongside unpaid, professionally trained TSA agents. Please work with your colleagues to pass a bipartisan bill to fund TSA.