Trump to send ICE agents to airports amid partial government shutdown
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President Donald Trump has said ICE agents will head to US airports tomorrow amid a partial government shutdown. Follow for live updates
• ICE agents deployed: President Donald Trump said ICE agents will head to US airports Monday, placing border czar Tom Homan in charge of the effort. Homan told CNN’s “State of the Union” that agents would be there to release Transportation Security Administration officers from “non-significant roles,” but Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy offered a seemingly conflicting plan Sunday with a broader role for ICE agents. • Shutdown stalemate: The move follows Trump’s warning a day earlier that he would deploy ICE agents if lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security. But there are few signs the impasse will break soon on Capitol Hill before Friday — the next payday for TSA workers — and ahead of a scheduled recess for Congress. • Travel woes: Travelers were warned to expect worsening airport wait times this weekend as Transportation Security Administration workers go without pay due to a partial government shutdown that began in mid-February. You can track wait times at major airports here. Passengers traveling through Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal A were relieved to find short wait times ahead of their travel Sunday afternoon, with some of them telling CNN they arrived hours before their scheduled flights, worried they’d face long lines. Paul Adkins, who was heading home after attending a weekend wedding in Manhattan, said he arrived at the airport much earlier than usual. “I was a little nervous there might be a multi-hour wait, so we headed over here and now it looks like we might have a little extra time in the airport,” Adkins said.













