Security lines stretched for hours on Monday at US airports where unpaid Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) screening agents refused to report for duty and ICE agents deployed by Donald Trump were reportedly seen in a dozen cities. Screening agents from the TSA have gone unpaid while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains partially shut down. But these people who work for $40,000 a year, you’re holding them up over some politics.”Brown scoffed at the suggestion that ICE agents at airports would be helpful. Meanwhile, dozens of ICE agents could be seen unmasked in Atlanta’s terminals. A half-dozen ICE agents were standing behind her in a cluster, watching the crowds.

Source: The Guardian March 23, 2026 18:25 UTC