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According to reports from our TV partner Channel 2, ICE agents have arrived at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental (KIAH) Airport to assist unpaid TSA agents with airport security.
This comes as the Department of Homeland Security—which oversees the TSA, the Coast Guard, and other key national security agencies—remains unfunded and shut down due to Democrats in the Senate blocking funding measures.
ICE is also under the jurisdiction of DHS, but thanks to additional appropriations for the agency that were included in the Big Beautiful Bill, it remains fully funded.
ICE is not expected to perform any actual pre-flight security screenings, but agents will reportedly be helping with crowd control, as well as exit-lane monitoring and ID checks before screening.