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Trump news at a glance: president says ICE agents at airports would ‘do security like no one has ever seen before’

People wait in line at an airport in the US
President Donald Trump said he was making plans to put officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in airports if the congressional standoff continues. Photograph: Jeff Amy/AP

Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety.

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

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