Homeland Security & Border Region

Sen. Rand Paul said there is "a loss of public trust" in ICE amid scrutiny after the Minneapolis shootings and recent crackdowns, tying that distrust to broader questions about how the administration manages security and communications. He pointed to the brief, unprecedented FAA order that temporarily closed a roughly 10‑mile ring of airspace over El Paso—issued without advance notice to local officials, later lifted after hours—and which officials say was tied to military activity responding to cartel‑linked drones, highlighting coordination gaps between the FAA, the Pentagon and local leaders.