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President Trump announced he will deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports starting Monday, March 23, after a five-week DHS funding shutdown left 50,000 TSA officers working without pay and drove callout rates above 50% at some hubs. The move raises serious questions about training, legal authority, and whether immigration enforcement agents can substitute for specialized security screeners—while the underlying staffing crisis rooted in unpaid wages remains unresolved.