Trump Deploys ICE to Airports Amid TSA Shortages

March 23, 2026·about 2 hours ago·via The Washington Post

President Trump announces deployment of ICE agents to U.S. airports starting Monday to back up overworked TSA personnel unpaid for over five weeks due to the partial DHS shutdown. Border czar Tom Homan confirms the plan is in motion, with ICE handling tasks like identity verification and exit lanes - not X-ray machines - to ease the strain from 366 TSA resignations. Read more about this...

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