ICE AGENTS AT AIRPORTS

The Trump administration’s attempt Monday to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to more than a dozen U.S. airports appeared to have limited effect in reducing security lines, as passengers reported wait times as long as five hours in Houston and lengthy delays in other major cities. Video by @carmella-boykin. The officers were dispatched amid staffing shortages within the Transportation Security Administration, caused by a congressional impasse over funding for the Department of Homeland Security that has resulted in some of the agency’s functions being shut down. Officials in some locations said the ICE personnel were not assigned to help with passenger screening. They also did not appear to be making immigration-related arrests, as was feared by Democrats and immigrant rights groups. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/03/23/ice-agents-airports/