Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been deployed to more than a dozen airports across the U.S. after President Donald Trump’s threats to mobilize federal law enforcement during a partial government shutdown that has thinned the ranks of airport workers and snarled security lines.
Armed ICE officers wearing military-style vests moved into at least 13 major transit hubs on Monday, including airports in New York City, Houston and Atlanta, to supplement Transportation Security Administration personnel who have been working without pay while Congress is deadlocked on a funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees TSA as well as ICE and other immigration agencies.
