{"id":2582846,"date":"2026-03-23T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-may-deploy-national-guard-to-assist-tsa-amid-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:11:31","slug":"trump-may-deploy-national-guard-to-assist-tsa-amid-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-may-deploy-national-guard-to-assist-tsa-amid-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump may deploy National Guard to assist TSA amid shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-may-deploy-national-guard-to-assist-tsa-amid-shutdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582846&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trump said he may deploy National Guard members to airports across the country to help TSA workers affected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-blames-president-trump-climate-change-for-migrant-surge\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi blames President ..., \u2018climate change\u2019 for migrant surge\">partial government shutdown<\/a>. He also floated having ICE officers assist at airports to reduce growing security-check delays.Hundreds of TSA employees have quit or not shown up, contributing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-okay-budget-resolution-fuels-spending-concerns\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats okay budget resolution, fuels spending concerns\">longer wait times<\/a>. ICE funding remains in place under last year\u2019s spending package, so ICE personnel would continue to be paid during the shutdown. In a Truth Social post, Trump suggested ICE officers should not wear masks while helping TSA, despite earlier support for masks in some operations. The White House has floated requiring ICE officers to self-identify adn display their agency in future DHS talks, tho it did not ban masks. The situation highlights the ongoing DHS funding dispute and the management\u2019s willingness to take aggressive steps to keep air travel functioning.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump may deploy National Guard to assist TSA amid shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2538658\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4495646\/trump-will-not-submit-budget-request-without-iran-dhs-stability\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> told reporters Monday morning that he may deploy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1956\">National Guard<\/a> members to airports across the country to assist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tsa\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1557\">Transportation Security Administration<\/a> employees affected by the partial government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Trump briefly discussed his plans to have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> officers help out at the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >airports amid increasing delay times<\/a> at security checkpoints.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500146\/trump-ice-officers-no-masks-airports\/\">Trump asks ICE officers not to wear masks while deployed to airports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500003\/trump-5-billion-ice-funding-cut-save-act\/\">Trump open to $5 billion ICE funding cut if SAVE Act passes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4499952\/flight-attendants-union-trump-ice-airport-ploy\/\">Flight attendants union trashes Trump&#8217;s ICE airport ploy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I want to thank ICE, because they stepped in so, so strongly. They&rsquo;ll do great,&rdquo; Trump told reporters before departing Palm Beach, Florida, for Memphis, Tennessee. &ldquo;And if that&rsquo;s not enough, I&rsquo;ll bring in the National Guard. We&rsquo;re not going to have the Democrats destroy our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of TSA officials have quit or not shown up for work as Republicans and Democrats continue their standoff over funding the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4494854\/white-house-dhs-government-shutdown-ice-self-identify\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, causing air travelers to spend hours waiting to make it through airport security.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Trump announced plans to send ICE officers to assist TSA employees in hopes of driving down those wait times. ICE employees are still getting paid throughout the shutdown, as the president&rsquo;s spending package from last year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, included more than $75 billion in direct funding for the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Monday morning, Trump posted on social media that he would request ICE officers not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that ... Reduce the Spread of COVID\">wear face masks<\/a> while assisting TSA employees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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 &lsquo;Border Czar,&rsquo; Kamala [Harris],&rdquo; he wrote on Truth Social. &ldquo;I would greatly appreciate, however, NO MASKS, when helping our Country out of the Democrat caused MESS at the airports.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4494854\/white-house-dhs-government-shutdown-ice-self-identify\/\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE FLOATS REQUIRING ICE OFFICERS TO SELF-IDENTIFY IN TALKS WITH DEMOCRATS TO REOPEN DHS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House sent<\/a> a letter to congressional lawmakers laying out a series of significant reforms regarding the president&rsquo;s deportation strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Though those proposals included requiring immigration officers to both wear self-identifying information and verbally identify which agency they work for while conducting fieldwork, the White House declined to ban officers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-health-officials-urge-residents-to-wear-masks-at-home-to-protect-vulnerable-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"L.A. County health officials urge residents to ... at home to protect vulnerable | One America News Network\">wearing face masks<\/a> as requested by Democrats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paraphrase:<br \/>\nPresident Trump said he might deploy the National Guard to airports to assist TSA employees affected by the partial government shutdown, and he briefly floated having ICE officers help at security checkpoints as delays grow. He praised ICE and warned that if Democrats don\u2019t fund DHS, the Guard could be used. The funding standoff has led hundreds of TSA workers to quit or skip shifts, extending wait times. Trump earlier proposed sending ICE to aid TSA to reduce delays, and ICE remains funded by last year\u2019s bill. He also posted that ICE officers should not wear masks while assisting TSA. The White House has floated reforms to immigration enforcement, including officers self-identifying and naming their agency during fieldwork, though a mask ban was not included.<\/p>\n<p>55-character version:<br \/>\nTrump mulls National Guard, ICE help for TSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2582847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26082511571932.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39629,37479,3634,9673],"class_list":["post-2582846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-government-shutdown","tag-national-guard","tag-trump","tag-tsa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26082511571932.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582850,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582846\/revisions\/2582850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}