You Vote: With Trump's order to send ICE officers to help with passengers at airports, what say you?

Trump ordered ICE agents to American airports to help TSA, which has faced staffing shortages and no-shows throughout the ongoing DHS shutdown.

Published: March 23, 2026 8:14pm

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents sent to national airports to aid TSA amid the shutdown would find opportunities to apprehend illegals as part of the move.

Trump ordered ICE agents to American airports to help TSA, which has faced staffing shortages and no-shows throughout the ongoing DHS shutdown.

"They love it because they’re able to now arrest illegals as they come into the country. It’s very fertile territory," Trump told reporters, according to The Hill.

The deployment has enraged Democratic politicians, many of whom have refused to support an end to the DHS shutdown specifically to extract policy concessions on immigration.

Trump also told ICE officials not to wear masks during their deployments at airports nationwide amid the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

You Vote: With Trump's order to send ICE officers to help with passengers at airports, what say you?

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