Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports amid DHS funding standoff
The threat comes as a bill to fund DHS failed to advance Friday in the Senate amid growing concerns about long airport security lines.

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports if congressional Democrats don’t agree to a plan for funding parts of the Department of Homeland Security.
The threat comes as a bill to fund DHS failed to advance Friday in the Senate amid growing concerns about long airport security lines.
President Donald Trump warns he will deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports to arrest illegal immigrants if Democrats refuse to meet his demands to end the government shutdown.
Democrats have refused to fund the Dept of Homeland Security which means the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials are working at reduced capacity. This is slowing down security times at airports and creating massive delays for U.S. air travelers. The problem has been worsening day-by-day for well over a week. President Trump announced…
President attacks ‘Radical Left Democrats’ after homeland security funding bill again sinks in SenateDonald Trump threatened on Saturday to deploy federal immigration agents to US airports if Democrats do not agree to measures aimed at strengthening security and immigration enforcement.“If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to…
Border czar Tom Homan said that ICE agents would be deployed to airports this week to ease the strain on TSA
President Trump said Sunday he will send ICE agents to U.S. airports starting Monday to assist TSA officers who have been working without pay for more than five weeks during a partial Homeland Security shutdown.Why it matters: The move thrusts the very agency that sparked the shutdown with its conduct in Minnesota into the nation's airports to deal with…
President Trump on Saturday threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to conduct airport security if Democrats do not agree to a funding bill to reopen the partially shuttered Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our…
PALM BEACH — President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to move Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents “to the airports” unless Democrats quickly come to an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The president spoke up in a Truth Social post Saturday morning in Palm Beach, where he spent the morning golfing. His threat ...
Wait times aren't expected to improve until government funding is restored and TSA officers receive paychecks.