ICE agents will be deployed to U.S. airports on Monday: Homan
By Garrett Downs
Published on March 22, 2026.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be deployed to airports on Monday to help ease security lines amid the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. This comes after President Donald Trump threatened to deploy them at airports as the shutdown continues to grow. The move comes as many of the remaining TSA agents have either resigned or left their positions.
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