Trump says ICE agents will assist TSA agents with airport security as DHS shutdown continues
BBC • • nation
Key Points:
- The Trump administration announced that ICE agents will be deployed to airports starting Monday to assist with long security lines and support TSA agents during a DHS funding lapse.
- ICE agents are expected to handle entry and exit points to allow TSA officers to focus on passenger screenings, although details on the number of agents involved are still being finalized.
- The TSA union criticized the plan, arguing that TSA staff deserve pay rather than being replaced by untrained, armed ICE agents, especially as TSA workers have been unpaid since mid-February due to the funding stalemate.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries opposed the deployment, citing concerns about ICE agents’ lack of training for sensitive airport security roles.
- The DHS funding impasse has caused over
