Border Czar: ICE to Assist at Airports Until They Are 100 Percent, TSA Pay Coming This Week

‘We’ll be there as long as they need us, until they get back to normal operations,’ Homan said.

Travelers line up at the security checkpoint area at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., on March 23, 2026, as Homeland Security deploys Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents to help Transportation Security Administration at some airports. Jacob Burg/The Epoch Times

White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that ICE agents will be used to help out at airports as long as necessary and added that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents should receive a paycheck by Monday or Tuesday.

Homan said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would help with security until airports feel they are back at 100 percent.