US EditionICE Officers Deployed at Dulles, as Trump Tries to Reduce Screening Lines During Partial Government Shutdown
ICE officers were deployed to airports to help reduce TSA staffing shortages during the partial shutdown with 11.8% of TSA agents absent, officials said.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump ordered ICE officers in tactical gear to deploy at airports nationwide to ease travel disruptions amid a partial government shutdown.
- Nationwide on Sunday, 11.8% of TSA agents missed work—the highest rate of the shutdown so far—with more than 3,450 officers calling out, according to DHS.
- Trump border czar Tom Homan said immigration officers could staff exit lanes on Sunday, while Trump suggested airports were "fertile ground" for immigration enforcement, though he insisted ICE was only there to help.
- Analysts who follow the industry say there are limits to how much ICE can really assist, given that Homeland Security Investigations agents and Enforcement and Removal Operations officers receive specialized training unrelated to airport security.
- While ICE officers were seen standing near security lines on Monday, immigration agents remain rarely visible at TSA checkpoints, their presence marking an unusual shift in airport staffing amid the ongoing shutdown.
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