ICE deployment adds to TSA strain as DHS shutdown drags on

Amid the ongoing DHS funding cutoff, TSA workers remain unpaid, fueling callouts and long security lines at major U.S. airports; President Trump announced that ICE agents will be deployed to airports to assist with crowd control, a move that highlights the partisan funding battle and has drawn both support and criticism from travelers and unions. With funding talks paused and some airports halting wait-time reporting, the travel disruption persists as officials tie the deployments to broader efforts like the proposed SAVE America Act.