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By Alejandra Jaramillo, Riane Lumer, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports on Monday if an agreement isn’t reached to fund the Department of Homeland Security amid a partial government shutdown.

“If the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before!” the president wrote on Truth Social Saturday afternoon. “I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, ‘GET READY.’ NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES!”

It is unclear what function the ICE agents would perform since they’re not trained in airport security screening. TSA screeners have a several months-long training period before they’re on the job, though airline employees and private security companies have partnered on line controlling and guarding exit doors.

The agents could potentially help in more limited roles — like managing lines, directing passengers or helping move people through the checkpoint process — to free up trained TSA officers for critical security functions.

CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and the White House for more information.

The threat comes as a weekslong stalemate over DHS funding has led to disruptions at airports across the country, with Transportation Security Administration workers going without pay, and staffing shortages contributing to delays. Lawmakers from both parties have been working to reach an agreement to reopen the department, but a resolution remains uncertain.

Trump suggested in an earlier Truth Social post on Saturday that the ICE agents would “do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia.”

CNN’s Aaron Cooper contributed to this report.

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A juzgar por lo que dicen algunas voces destacadas del movimiento MAGA, el maratónico debate en el Senado sobre la Ley “SAVE America” —el cual se ha extendido ya hasta el fin de semana— constituye una cuestión de carácter existencial para el Partido Republicano.

Si los senadores no encuentran la manera de aprobar este proyecto de ley —sostienen—, los republicanos dejarán de poder ganar elecciones. Si el proyecto no se convierte en ley —añaden—, los votantes republicanos simplemente se quedarán en casa durante las elecciones de mitad de mandato de 2026.

Todo ello resulta bastante apocalíptico, especialmente si se tiene en cuenta que la legislación aborda un supuesto problema (el voto de los no ciudadanos) para el cual existe una evidencia real sumamente escasa.

Sin embargo, a medida que esta fiebre ha ido cobrando fuerza en el seno del Partido Republicano —y que el presidente Donald Trump ha presionado al líder de la mayoría en el Senado, John Thune, para que encuentre una forma (cualquiera que sea) de aprobar esta legislación—, hemos contado con muy pocos datos procedentes de encuestas de opinión.

Pues bien, ahora ya los tenemos. Y resulta que todo este asunto parece ser, en realidad, un fenómeno de interés puramente interno del ámbito político.

Si bien los activistas y algunos legisladores republicanos sienten urgencia por aprobar este proyecto de ley, dicha urgencia no se percibe en otros ámbitos. Los estadounidenses —e incluso muchos republicanos— parecen mostrarse bastante indiferentes ante todo el asunto.

La encuesta se da a conocer en un momento en que algunos miembros del Partido Republicano presionan a los líderes de su formación para que eliminen la maniobra de obstrucción parlamentaria (“filibustero”) o intenten algún otro tipo de mecanismo alternativo para aprobar el proyecto de ley, el cual no cuenta con los 60 votos requeridos en el Senado.

Los partidarios del proyecto de ley suelen señalar con frecuencia que los estadounidenses apoyan de manera abrumadora la exigencia de presentar una identificación para poder votar. Y la nueva encuesta realizada conjuntamente por CBS News y YouGov revela que el 80 % de la población respalda dicha medida.

No obstante, el punto medular de la Ley “SAVE America” es, en realidad, diferente: consiste en exigir a las personas que presenten pruebas de su ciudadanía para poder inscribirse en el registro de votantes. Una vez más, el apoyo a esta medida es bastante sólido, situándose en un 66 %; es decir, aproximadamente dos tercios de los estadounidenses.

Sin embargo, cuando la encuesta preguntó específicamente sobre el proyecto de ley en cuestión —conocido anteriormente como la Ley “SAVE”—, el nivel de apoyo no se acercó ni de lejos a esas cifras. De hecho, tan solo un 28 % se mostró a favor, mientras que un 31 % se opuso a la misma.

Incluso dentro del propio Partido Republicano, únicamente el 60 % de los encuestados afirmó apoyar dicha legislación. Otro 6 % se opuso, mientras que el 34 % afirmó no estar seguro.

¿Una posible razón por la que tantos no están seguros? Simplemente no saben mucho al respecto. A pesar de toda la atención centrada en la legislación en la ciudad de Washington, en las redes sociales y en los medios conservadores, solo el 16 % de los republicanos dijo saber mucho sobre la Ley “SAVE America”. Otro 33 % de los republicanos afirmó saber, en términos generales, de qué trata la ley, incluidos algunos detalles específicos. El resto —aproximadamente la mitad— dijo no conocer realmente ningún detalle concreto.

El otro problema para los republicanos es que est

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By Marshall Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, Evan Perez, CNN

(CNN) — Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the historic probe into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government, has died. He was 81.

“With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night,” his family said in a statement Saturday. “His family asks that their privacy be respected.”

His family announced last August that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2021.

For years, Mueller was highly trusted on both sides of the aisle: When he was selected as FBI director by President George W. Bush just days before September 11, 2001, he was unanimously approved, and earned full support again when he was asked to stay past his 10-year tenure by President Barack Obama. He served in the role for 12 years, becoming the longest-serving FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover.

His reputation for integrity was a key factor in his selection to handle the politically sensitive investigation into Trump. But by the time the investigation concluded in the middle of Trump’s first presidency, views of Mueller, as was the case with so much else in the American political landscape, were largely divided along party lines.

Ultimately, the investigation into Trump produced mixed results. Investigators uncovered dozens of secret and often high-level contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, despite both sides denying there were any. The probe also highlighted how Trump eagerly capitalized on the Kremlin’s election-meddling and that his campaign “expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.”

However, Mueller did not establish that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia. He also made the controversial decision not to charge Trump with obstruction even though he had the evidence he needed, saying he was prohibited from even considering it because Trump was the sitting president at the time.

Mueller was hit with relentless — and unfounded — allegations of leading a politically biased investigation, dubbed a “witch hunt” by Trump, which tanked his pristine reputation of being highly regarded by both parties.

Mueller’s highly consequential decision to largely let the 448-page report speak for itself, instead of thoroughly explaining his conclusions to the American public, meant that his findings were drowned out by the near-constant stream of lies and conspiracy theories from Trump and the president’s allies.

“Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. “He can no longer hurt innocent people!”

The fallout from his probe lives on. Under Trump, a special counsel was appointed to look for wrongdoing within the Russia investigation itse