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"Arrest them on the spot": US Correspondent on ICE deployments to airports

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 23 Mar 2026, 8:36am
Photo by Stephen Maturen / Getty Images
Photo by Stephen Maturen / Getty Images

"Arrest them on the spot": US Correspondent on ICE deployments to airports

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 23 Mar 2026, 8:36am

ICE had been deployed to American airports amidst a partial government shutdown resulting in airport workers going without pay for weeks. 

US correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking, "it's because of the partial government shutdown as Dems and Republicans fight over rules for ICE immigration agents in the future."

"Should they wear those awful masks, unlike regular police? Should they have badges so people know who the hell they are? Should they be able to barge into people's houses without any court warrants?"

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