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ICE agents may move into new jobs in airports, border czar says
ICE agents cover TSA security roles amid staffing shortages during the longest DHS shutdown, with roughly 500 TSA workers quitting, officials said.
- On Sunday, Border czar Tom Homan announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will remain at airports until Transportation Security Administration operations reach 100% capacity.
- The Department of Homeland Security shutdown became the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history on Sunday, with no clear path forward for funding the department.
- Thousands of Transportation Security Administration workers have called out of work, while approximately 500 have quit since the shutdown began, causing long wait times at airports like Houston and New Orleans.
- Homan stated that ICE agents are "plugging those holes" at airports, while President Donald Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security to pay Transportation Security Administration officers, hopefully by Monday or Tuesday.
- A top official testified last week it takes four to six months to train new Transportation Security Administration officers, while House Republicans recently passed a short-term DHS funding bill lacking Senate support.
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Border czar says ICE may not leave airports once TSA officers are paid
Border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would remain at airports until TSA officers are able to resume normal operations.“We’re going to continue an ICE presence there, and until the airports feel like they’re in 100%, you know, in a posture where they can do normal operations,” Homan said in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”
US shutdown standoff hits airports, pay row deepens
Washington, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A prolonged funding standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has disrupted US airports, with officials warning of mounting strain as hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers quit and others call in sick during a partial government shutdown now in its 44th day. The White House on Sunday moved to ease the pressure by redirecting funds to pay TSA workers, but the politica…
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WASHINGTON D.C. – The Tsar of the border, Tom Homan, stated this Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would remain at airports until TSA agents could resume operations normally. "We will maintain ICE's presence there until airports feel that they are 100 percent — you know — in a position that allows them to perform operations normally," said Homan in an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation" program. "Therefore, if few…
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