Obama TSA leader says ICE at airports ‘could be a good thing’

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The head of the Transportation Security Administration during the Obama administration said President Donald Trump’s decision to send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents into major U.S. airports “could be a good thing.”

Former TSA Administrator John Pistole told CNN’s This Morning that ICE officers are a “visible deterrent” to those who would consider carrying out an attack against the hundreds, even thousands, of airline passengers standing in TSA lines at security checkpoints.

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