Trump Deploys ICE Agents to Airports to Assist TSA on Monday

The president said border czar Tom Homan will be will in charge.

Passengers wait in long TSA lines as a partial government shutdown continues, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on March 20, 2026. Megan Varner/Reuters

President Donald Trump said on March 22 that he will deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to airports on Monday to help Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents manage security checkpoints.

“On Monday, ICE will be going to airports to help our wonderful TSA Agents who have stayed on the job,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Sunday. “The great Tom Homan is in charge!!!”