US EditionTrump threatens to put ICE agents in airports over funding impasse
President Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports to replace unpaid TSA workers amid a DHS shutdown causing staffing shortages and travel disruptions nationwide.
- On Saturday, March 21, 2026, President Donald Trump threatened to deploy immigration enforcement agents to U.S. airports, posting 'I will move our brilliant and 'patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before'.
- Facing a partial DHS shutdown, the 50,000-strong TSA workforce has worked without pay since a funding bill expired five weeks ago and faces missing a second paycheck on March 27.
- At major hubs, passengers faced 120-minute waits at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and 80 minutes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid staffing gaps, with over half absent Sunday in Houston and 38% missing Wednesday in Atlanta.
- Officials cautioned that some smaller airports could close and wait times won't improve until funding is restored and TSA officers are paid, while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer proposed funding only TSA as Democrats press for policy changes for ICE.
- Negotiators intensified talks when White House border czar Tom Homan met bipartisan senators, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said 'This is a pox on everybody's house', and Elon Musk offered to pay TSA officers' salaries.
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President Donald Trump has threatened to send ICE officers into US airports by the start of next week as a funding stoush paralyses the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).A partial government shutdown has led to shortages within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which runs security at all airports in the United States.The shortages have led to delays and, with no signs of a funding deal between Democrats and the DHS, Trump has…
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Trump Threatens to Use ICE for Airport Security
President Trump threatened Saturday to send immigration agents to work airport security checkpoints as soon as Monday if congressional Democrats do not accept a Republican funding plan for the Department of Homeland Security. In posts on Truth Social, Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers would conduct security "like no...
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