WASHINGTON ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to U.S. airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety.
Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on ?March 27 amid a partial government shutdown in its 36th day as lawmakers clash over funding for the Department ?of ?Homeland Security, the parent agency for TSA and ICE.
TSA officers have called in sick as ?paychecks have dried up, with the shortage of security agents disrupting travel at major airports. Over 10% of TSA officers called in sick on more than half of the past seven days, DHS said in a statement on Saturday.
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