Trump threatens to use ICE agents for airport security as delays worsen amid DHS shutdown
CBS News • • general
Key Points:
- President Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to airports for security duties if Congress fails to pass a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), emphasizing immediate arrests of illegal immigrants and targeting Somalian immigrants.
- The Senate failed to advance a DHS funding bill that included payments for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents, leading to worsening airport security lines and staffing shortages, with some smaller airports at risk of closure.
- TSA officers have missed paychecks due to the government shutdown, resulting in high absenteeism rates and long wait times at major airports; billionaire Elon Musk offered to pay TSA workers' salaries during the funding impasse.
- Democrats oppose funding the entire DHS without policy changes to immigration enforcement, demanding measures such
