Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports over funding impasse

March 21, 2026, 12:09 p.m. ET

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to deploy federal immigration agents to U.S. airports if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety.

“I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before,” Trump wrote in a social media post.

People wait in line at a TSA security checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas on March 10, 2026.

Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on March 27 amid a partial government shutdown now in its 36th day as lawmakers clash over spending for TSA’s parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security.

TSA officers have called in sick in recent weeks as paychecks have dried up. The shortage of 

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