US EditionBannon says ICE at airports ‘test run’ for 2026 elections
Steve Bannon called the ICE deployment at airports a preparation for 2026 midterms, amid concerns it could intimidate voters and alter election dynamics, with over 400 TSA officers quitting.
- On Monday, March 23, President Donald Trump deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to over a dozen major U.S. airports to assist unpaid Transportation Security Administration staff amid a partial government shutdown.
- More than 400 TSA officers resigned amid the partial government shutdown that began in mid-February, creating staffing shortages that prompted the deployment.
- On his 'War Room' podcast, Steve Bannon and conservative lawyer Mike Davis discussed the deployment, with Bannon suggesting it could serve as a 'test run' for ICE involvement in the 2026 midterm elections.
- Rep. April McClain Delaney of Maryland introduced the Democracy Without Intimidation Act, which would criminalize federal agent presence at polling locations during the November midterms.
- Critics warn that ICE presence at polling sites could suppress voter turnout, while the White House has refused to rule out agent deployments during November elections.
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN The high-profile deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at airports has renewed right-wing support and left-wing fear of federal agecy being sent to the polls in November. Steve Bannon urges President Donald Trump—who surprised officials in his own administration this weekend by ordering the deployment of ICE agents at airports to help ease the long ranks—to consider that measure as a general test for t…
ICE agents have been deployed to airports. Are the polls next?
The high-profile deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports has renewed support on the right and fear on the left about the possibility of ICE going to the polls in November.
Bannon openly called ICE's airport presence a "test run" for the midterms, and the incoming DHS Secretary refused to rule it out under oath
Steve Bannon, a key figure in the MAGA movement, said this week that the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at U.S. airports is a “test run” for the 2026 midterm elections. The incoming Secretary of Homeland Security refused to rule this out under oath. President Donald Trump had deployed ICE agents to airports to help reduce travel delays caused by a partial government shutdown, but Bannon framed the move with a polit…
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