Some GOP lawmakers have admitted that the decision to deploy ICE agents to airports is politically motivated.

On Monday, at the order of President Donald Trump, ICE agents were deployed to over a dozen airports across the United States, purportedly to help handle Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) duties amid a continued Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. The shutdown is the result of disagreements on funding the department, with Democrats demanding reforms to Immigration…

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