ATLANTA, Georgia. — This Monday, federal immigration agents they arrived at atlanta airportafter the US President Donald Trumpannounced the deployment of these elements to provide aid to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA, for its acronym in English), during a government shutdown that has caused long lines in the security checkpoints throughout the country.
Several federal agents arrived to attend to the crowded lines at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Federal agents are a regular presence at international airports, where law enforcement agents Customs and Border Protection (CBP) screen arriving travelers and Homeland Security Investigations Office (HSI) handle criminal cases involving smuggling, trafficking, and fraud.
What is unusual at the current time is their visibility at TSA security checkpoints, a role typically performed by transportation security agents and not federal investigators.
Suspension of payments due to government closure
🇺🇸 | ICE agents detaining a woman while her daughter (about 10 years old) watched the scene screaming and crying at the San Francisco International Airport.
The arrest occurred shortly after Trump announced the deployment of ICE agents to airports to… pic.twitter.com/xwMIAnp0fE
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Hundreds of thousands of workers National securityincluding the TSAhe United States Secret Service and the Coast Guardthey worked without pay since the Congress did not renew the financing of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last month.
Some fear that the move to deploy federal immigration agents will only intensify tensions.
Trump orders the intervention of ICE agents
Yesterday, Sunday, Trump said he would order federal immigration agents to be sent to airports to help the TSA by monitoring departure lanes or checking passengers’ IDs, unless Democrats agreed to fund DHS.
He Department funding expired on February 14, as Democrats refused to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and CBP unless they make changes to their operations following the deaths of protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.
Democrats call for changes to ICE
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( Donald J. Trump – Mar 23 2026, 07:57 AM ET )I am a BIG proponent of ICE wearing masks as they search for, and are forced to deal with, hardened criminals, many of whom were let into our Country by Sleepy Joe Biden and his wonderful… pic.twitter.com/XKNO3psyFb
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Democrats continue to demand major changes to federal immigration operations — including policy changes that will require ICE agents to obtain a judge’s order before forcibly entering homes, eliminating the use of masks, and including clear identification on uniforms.
On Monday, Trump ordered ICE agents not wearing face coverings in his work at airports. In a social media post, Trump said he supports ICE agents cover their faces when dealing with “dangerous criminals”but suggested that it is not necessary when they help with the “DISASTER at the airports.”
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