Federal immigration agents will “hate” being deployed to assist airport security operations amid Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staffing shortages, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official told Newsweek.

“The HSI agents will hate it,” the official said, referring to Homeland Security Investigations personnel. “I’ve not heard any talk of this within ERO (Enforcement and Removal Operations). They want us arresting and deporting aliens.”

The official, who requested anonymity to speak freely, said they first heard about the reassignment when they were contacted by Newsweek over the weekend.

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    13 hours ago

    Yeah, meant magazines.

    I’ve never seen an ICE with an AR, but a lot of them carry spare AR mags anyways

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      13 hours ago

      Oh that’s no biggie. I carry mags all the time just in case I find an AR on the ground. 'Murica, amirite?