Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 3/24/26

Headline:  “Opinion | Was a conservative radio caller behind the idea to send ICE agents into airports?”

Subhead:  “A suggestion from ‘Linda from Arizona’ on The Clay and Buck Show made its way to Fox News and, soon after, into White House policy”

“. . .So, where did President Donald Trump get the idea to send ICE into airports to help the TSA? It might have been. . .

“Linda from Arizona.

“Several media observers — including Semafor’s Ben Smith and CNN’s Brian Stelter — noted that a woman named Linda called into Clay Travis’ conservative radio show last Friday and made the suggestion to deploy ICE to airports.

“Linda told ‘The Clay and Buck Show,’  ‘I think I have a solution to the TSA problem. … We need to bring in ICE agents.’ Travis replied, ‘Linda, I have to say that’s kind of a brilliant idea.’. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/ice-airports-radio-show-linda-arizona/