Trump to send ICE agents to help strained TSA at airports
USA Today • • nation
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be deployed to airports starting March 23 to assist understaffed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents amid the partial government shutdown.
- The move follows Trump's threat to use ICE agents to help manage the crisis caused by longer wait times at airport security checkpoints due to TSA worker shortages.
- It remains unclear whether ICE agents will only support TSA duties or also carry out immigration enforcement at airports, a role typically handled by Customs and Border Protection.
- The TSA workforce has been impacted by the shutdown, with about 50,000 airport security employees working without pay, leading to increased delays for travelers.
- The shutdown stems from a funding dispute in Congress, with
