US EditionTrump threatens to put ICE agents in airports over funding impasse
Trump warned ICE agents would replace unpaid TSA officers amid a 36-day DHS funding deadlock, with roughly 50,000 TSA staff working without pay, causing long airport lines.
- 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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ICE officers soon will help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown, President Trump says
President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Trump says he will order federal immigration officers to help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown
President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
The measure would come into force in the event that the Democrats do not sign an agreement to put an end to the budget blockade that is leaving about 50,000 workers in the transport sector without salary for over a month
Trump Outsmarts Democrats While They Refuse to Fund Airport Security
President Trump is addressing the security issues at the airports caused by Democrats who don’t give a hoot about the safety of Americans. He is sending ICE to provide security. Democrats refuse to fund Homeland Security, which includes TSA and cybersecurity. ICE is funded through next year. All Democrats care about is stopping the legally […] The post Trump Outsmarts Democrats While They Refuse to Fund Airport Security appeared first on www.ind…
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