Tom Homan, President Trump’s chief border official, said plans were being drawn up to send immigration and customs agents to U.S. airports.
The agents are not trained to work airport security and are working exits and entrances, but critics say the armed officers are instilling fear in American travelers.
Travellers have faced hours-long waits at airports around the country as a partial government shutdown has left TSA agents without pay.
The Trump administration says ICE officers will be stationed at hotspot U.S. airports starting Monday to assist with TSA screenings. They will undergo some training before then. Skyler Henry reports.
The DHS shutdown battle heated up on Saturday as President Donald Trump threatened to send “brilliant and patriotic” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to the nation’s airports to do security and relieve TSA workers, who are starting to rebel after going without pay since February 14. The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security…
Border czar Tom Homan said that ICE agents would be deployed to airports this week to ease the strain on TSA
Federal immigration officers have been seen at an airport in Atlanta after President Donald Trump said he'd deploy agents to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers prepare to deploy to airports starting Monday to assist Transportation Security Administration agents, border czar Tom Homan outlined a limited support role focused on tasks such as guarding exits and easing passenger flow. Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Homan said ICE officers would not…
Weeks into the Democrat shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, Trump finally threatened to take matters into his own hands in the Transportation Security Administration lines on Saturday. And Trump gave an update on Monday, signaling his continued intention to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at major airports. On Monday, Trump…
Border czar Tom Homan says ICE agents will help the Transportation Security Administration 'move those lines' while also enforcing immigration law.
