{"id":2584887,"date":"2026-03-28T11:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-heres-how-ice-deployment-to-fix-democrats-airport-disaster-impacts-the-deportation-agenda\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:38:07","slug":"leavitt-heres-how-ice-deployment-to-fix-democrats-airport-disaster-impacts-the-deportation-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-heres-how-ice-deployment-to-fix-democrats-airport-disaster-impacts-the-deportation-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt: Here&#8217;s How ICE Deployment to Fix Democrats&#8217; Airport Disaster Impacts the Deportation Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fleavitt-heres-how-ice-deployment-to-fix-democrats-airport-disaster-impacts-the-deportation-agenda%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=2584887&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>The article describes how, during the Homeland Security shutdown, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that deploying 100-150 ICE agents to major airports to support the understaffed TSA temporarily reduced security line wait times, with hopes for further enhancement. Leavitt framed the move as a short-term solution to the disruption caused by Democratic actions on Capitol Hill, aiming to get travelers through more quickly. The piece notes questions about whether deportations would decrease while ICE was stationed at the airports,but emphasizes the governance\u2019s focus on addressing the immediate lines and travel delays. It also covers a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-olympian-in-howling-pain-moments-after-snubbing-israeli-opponent\/\" title=\"Muslim Olympian in Howling Pain Moments After Snubbing Israeli Opponent\">broader political dispute<\/a>: Senate Democrats partially shut down DHS in February in response to immigration-enforcement concerns, tying funding to reforms such as prohibiting ICE racial profiling and masking requirements.Senator John Fetterman is cited as supporting full-year DHS funding and criticizing colleagues for blocking TSA pay, while hundreds of TSA agents have quit sence the shutdown, raising concerns about security enforcement and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >long wait times-reports<\/a> of up to six hours. The article is attributed to the Daily Caller News Foundation and includes standard disclosures and related content.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked on Wednesday whether deportations will decline in the U.S. while ICE agents are assisting with security and staffing problems at several shutdown-affected airports.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump deployed between 100 and 150 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to several major airports to assist the shortage in Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents, after many quit or are unable to work due to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt told the Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese that security lines have dropped as a result of the move, but the administration is hoping it will improve further.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you expect deportations to decrease while ICE is in the airports and what are the tradeoffs of having ICE in the airports right now?&rdquo; Reese asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To address this obviously short-term problem and the chaos that has been sowed by these Democrats on Capitol Hill, to address the lines and to get Americans traveling and get them to where they need to be, so the president thinks this was a creative solution, that again, has been criticized, but we have seen wait times decrease. Not as much as we&rsquo;d like, but hopefully they will continue to. But at major airports, over the course of the next few days as ICE is facilitating with travelers in these airports,&rdquo; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats partially shut down DHS in February in response to the immigration enforcement-related killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January. They demanded a list of immigration reforms in return for fully funding DHS, which included prohibiting ICE agents from racial profiling and wearing masks.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the only member of his party to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-shutdown-averted-after-senate-passes-short-term-funding-bill\/\" title=\"Government ... Averted After Senate Passes Short-Term Funding Bill\">full-year appropriations bill<\/a> for DHS. In response to Elon Musk&rsquo;s offer to pay TSA agents&rsquo; salaries, Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/2035337851202584748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a> his fellow Democrats for preventing TSA agents from getting paid.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of TSA agents have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/25\/us-news\/tsa-delays-grow-as-460-unpaid-agents-quit-amid-dhs-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quit<\/a> their positions since the shutdown began and many have grown concerned about terror enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Despite ICE&rsquo;s presence at the airports, passengers have reported waiting in lines for up to six hours, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tsa-wait-times-6-hours-ice-homeland-security-agents-airports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to CBS News.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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President Trump had deployed roughly 100-150 ICE agents to several major airports to help with a TSA shortage after many TSA workers quit or were unavailable due to the partial shutdown. Leavitt told Reagan Reese of the Daily Caller that security lines have already shortened as a result and that the administration hopes they will improve further. When Reese asked if deportations would decrease with ICE at the airports and what the tradeoffs might be, Leavitt said the move addresses a short-term problem and the chaos created on Capitol Hill, aims to shorten lines and help Americans travel, and that although the plan has faced criticism, wait times have decreased and could continue to improve as ICE assists travelers in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Senate Democrats partially shut down DHS in response to immigration-enforcement-related killings in January, insisting on immigration reforms in exchange for full funding-including prohibiting racial profiling by ICE and requiring masks. Sen. John Fetterman, the only Democrat to back the full-year DHS appropriations, criticized fellow Democrats for hindering TSA pay when Elon Musk offered to cover TSA salaries. Hundreds of TSA workers have quit since the shutdown began, and concerns about security enforcement have grown. Despite ICE\u2019s airport presence, travelers have reported wait times of up to six hours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2584888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7358-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[6184,76723,70100],"class_list":["post-2584887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-deportation","tag-ice-deployment","tag-immigration-policy-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7358-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584887","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584891,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584887\/revisions\/2584891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}